Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10e57f56ddb2708b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-26 00:04:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 32d1f532fd91152a12cc00ba785a19a8 SHA-1: 15540ae109654196044a905a786eeed8f08ecf1e SHA-256: 10e57f56ddb2708b09f92f395f8b5523fa01f3c0264b70dfc1b59ae336ef9036
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, characteristic of link farms used for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of these links suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0733a466559307d5e16478b44d305351/13836023073.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://labuchedeberce.fr/userfiles/file/67767517503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945d11777ea---siwaposom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2383a94c07---kurebedixamogemenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f58c3d594239f716adc50cc5867295b1/96299459189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/zoxudotuzaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c24348d2c0---bodafexeturobaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/vumekabeforeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88486c106bebd3ffad024d6f38c440dd/53815667414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-hj.com/up_photo/file/kozufakutubegewutazowugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.net/contents//files/19867816021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/14117383410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpp300.fr/userfiles/file/totikuwasirov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/xotizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/12365938217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokimazojenunizoxevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/24053829528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsong.vn/uploads/files/zilivediripunibelulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7ca539db2471d1d826e4b0471516c73/62819713776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/jobofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e463e32619---defepazipigajulasoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texinpack.com/uploadfile/file///2021080506060682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/jekujufaninixemim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenithmetals.com/files/10935902576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/nidukomujezofunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=supporting+local+farmersPDF 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_off0000e17e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE17E 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 3df9f51898d5c4e98fae8e946d49f29240e967c398ca88c156fb21a6e541db6a
font_01_sfnt_off00010e19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E19 11000 bytes
SHA-256: e3c8eec5450cb554bec37cb9a86a303cc325c82dc04d9276f7b95279278b1d37
font_02_sfnt_off000127a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1