Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 057e228f4cf3e9be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 03:52:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d4af91fb4ee1e981d74ab353385629fe SHA-1: 7545c53528f142505fdcc7c81cb1ee60425799b0 SHA-256: 057e228f4cf3e9be7f459837514e975a34c2498c476fb714b7b718f3036b9e28
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and one directly to an IP address. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier flagging it as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to potential obfuscation, is a common mechanism for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869558ea759---megorinutefikiwugifugemod.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://journeywithmypet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27481968246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/19880993604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d36db24feb---lanowumelujovajorutamit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bitupexofejosexovek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/35824633284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712abe5a5d3---95861030900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608835a310d7f---keradema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca560cad12---13417933888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c2ef27895---muxutavabijufajigopimefeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d902e19ce---86992556895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce8b6db9feba26561ec4169462a6341b/gemiwewatobixogeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c202a8f036---91624363675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7350ee49cf---legufogogego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202105121051182775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bde05a232523b88e6eabc05ad948e875/8411990849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/31750647757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bd2cb5d36---xukokijunoninidaditur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ive-cal.it/file/72987849667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202106/files/20210608104457938422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/fivojubudisapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e430594b3256fc75fb479d13f370ba5/xijumejikilajal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/11558499796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63f690695c---44098836101.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://globalquestconsulting.com/userfiles/files/1784146252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/60994286221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=colors+that+go+good+with+purplePDF 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_off0000f85a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF85A 16744 bytes
SHA-256: a36d5c50557cbfe77195c415b6b47e1cc00f1e2d70aecc7644fbe5d6cd096cd8
font_01_sfnt_off000123cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013be2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BE2 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 2ec693d483c978c8837a4154094e77fcd24ae99062dea41ca9ca5455ae462270