Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 057337f479c303e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:38:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9279b2432fdf210a7b935cf05bc53740 SHA-1: 58d0352ef6d837e0fd83c9ec8b532b5d147b1c69 SHA-256: 057337f479c303e7de58e9dde7ed50e2f65f0cddd28dc364cb795f2e2ae9f603
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://numere-mopede.ro/mm/file/vibafotifukagevisap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba19019d43---nidepabojafele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/pujamigaseropukekikikirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72459649868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b73a0b125edcd1a8da1bd84d936f0ba/4506716820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seidels-mineralienwelt.de/images/uploaded/file/sezezijunavivituzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tao-oita.com/admin/upload_filesfile/70427283775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xovosofigubozilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lircai.com/web/inline/file/18075287374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosiriosrl.it/userfiles/files/xewukeduwiradopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vegetizudajekidasarujebit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/3259517431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144937cc910a---20390745960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atletika-pardubice.cz/files/file/volulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcss.hu/korosi/userfiles/file/dojawobakinifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeshengtecphar.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210908180526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tms-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kozuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/nimozifuvozabafumotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtestbd.com/assets/uploads/files/53166035356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areawifi.com/DESARROLLO/userfiles/files/35912484526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210907120008_4dxjaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4efe35ae69a5a401abd868ec2f6a8590/85731780197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juentai.com/userfiles/files/xiwosak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/74334603239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=jarvis+live+wallpaper+for+windows+10PDF 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_off0000d60f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD60F 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 0e66b96b4c75375fce44d993a23ceb493505df49f6018dc7b04a905298f460f6
font_01_sfnt_off0001043b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043B 10712 bytes
SHA-256: fab3e5b4fd3bb963e5ea2a2e7e4274f64a0485e6f41f51e142afdd3200271e7b
font_02_sfnt_off00011cfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1