Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 257bee54b2b67a3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:32:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f91c586adfecb855dd347dd8eaaef832 SHA-1: 37e145b694261892e6b7d456c8744b379950fe76 SHA-256: 257bee54b2b67a3bfce7bc44975d612b8ad0e322892fa478363d74f9f26cde6f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9728

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 https://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/muzufavaruvunawo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e24a1a7f0582481105642e6f5d4ce548/pevakogep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612aa30c6958e---paselu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a21f2b67571f4b2451942edcd1784da/93159578546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuanxuongmonmb.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/fikawibesupibatigixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mawudivin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/rejak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/14819864873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parc-hotel.info/file/nutijemexaliboxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spzpoz-zdunskawola.pl/upload/file/kesotumodukevuxasabarit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/jigotijevobapilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4250f276af4ff1461f06f32811183055/76476560659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rheinfurth.de/userfiles/file/50944883982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/80251763337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/larobofonola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/73659217058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--22ck6bdp5cach0mc23a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79831587642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/77427975513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c0abc24b5---zifom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aeda66be659e4d09a891922be8712d4/15089877863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackyrouxmethode.com/userfiles/file/nodoxabano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e43527a66---rolodijakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b991d238fae2fd356241d21a36d77ca8/jujepatufiwusigejubeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrnchina.com/test/images/ckfinder/files/55590929845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/32327524050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jn6jl6iori8n308a8a5t8nos02/muwevudizewalidigobuzev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF+%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86+%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86+%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C+%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87+%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C+%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86+%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off0001b735.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1B735 31448 bytes
SHA-256: af1c8f6a9db9bf604e0e690e0062eb4edabb0deb0a8ea138625f52cbc0fa1812
font_00_sfnt_off00015c99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C99 19976 bytes
SHA-256: 34d8add2f2b722649ba828d8499effb873bcaff81241a8bc89cf1a26335efeaf
font_01_sfnt_off00017e88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E88 9372 bytes
SHA-256: ab692011bb810b4091e5b6863c1468cc19624005727076e0e42723678ec61724
font_02_sfnt_off00019267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19267 14680 bytes
SHA-256: 40d2ec33169e6adea1a37a6acd22bbdb5166f4f2edc550e1e0d4eaf484d38357