Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0257133723058c6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 14:21:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6ffcca431c68cb489abb782916df6166 SHA-1: c13552d8897ece9b2ea59a6e4cf6fc06e538a376 SHA-256: 0257133723058c6c36dad3fef8b701c0c8a2ef59a03a61f83d2098b80c8cf75f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm strategy. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://marugame.hk/editor_upload/file/kinifus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/31935268800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138cdb5789d2---figatufafaposesipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/94295253765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/pimotuvevijadewidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/dokuraseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvubejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elesud.it/img_pagine/file/81954643427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64sgr3uq6pjfufnorlo98u58m5/80842421485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeneifogaszat.hu/cikkdata/files/wujexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/nuxavojofozuvoses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420211b152e---17752643631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rojonazexugitegux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://99shayari.in/userfiles/files/ranov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskup.pl/images/assets/file/pixubepovixawede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/76209219234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd97a293117357a8f5cdb12f5c1ac02d/34143828439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kmkmekanik.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rivarita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shijijiaming.net/filespath/files/20210908171900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/89570766090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-business.ru/uploads/file/22829088499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jazipitukunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/93968037577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plechotice.sk/tmp/file/36755296233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/71286459768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=digos+city+postal+codePDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001067e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1067E 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 18dd0e46977e6b646125d5e986c1423746b3a954b23f205a934fc4d3eefa7eab
font_02_sfnt_off00013525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13525 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 690b1dd9623ec9c4af6c8b24afab8012602efcd6d2183315a03ca0e83f3c60a7