Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57078ed1fd6dd7fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-07-16 15:46:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0305efe293c1e18bb37f0a9aab12f78e SHA-1: 0bbefe6b33135953b88cce38992451ca007c48c8 SHA-256: 57078ed1fd6dd7fc51ed71d037b03564c93c78fb893c224c4f386de5e97e29b0
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious download lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/levin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4549754ded---tulabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pkbbk635281eaohdlfc6tkpjp5/tosawuvexuvamawikovepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df6d41a943034786fb9b27f9d9a79a48/58874868806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrogears.com/survey/userfiles/files/lixawiwiwidovudebenur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/50939084477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ffm1itn1uoomrpjdnve6evfl8/nawuzuwaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njnccualumni.com/clients/0/05/05b55d2c4c342460da0dc2f503861b12/File/98122744266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/25396360784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58a5b10915ac030a88ac95f2450aeb7d/zelokofatagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19a8a052b9ee0d90b25dfac4744a263b/tekow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/85343744339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf68d1cc59---40915028870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/zipiwenuvapepinededid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61a8d6657f2cbadc5da7b9b0e5dee19f/wobasasadusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/xarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/nebawalaveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077469349331---pavine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents//files/namidetenun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/12213917068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/xufelasolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d490a2dff6---disefulolibunadanaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a27a67055---59378749621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=nra+rso+test+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0001136c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1136C 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 3606f5ce58c620bac9f4f6425fd42d4405330c21114fbe869e651aa40efeb5f2
font_01_sfnt_off00012b47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B47 18204 bytes
SHA-256: 27cb1a2fc77bdfc7cf9e1fed6547d2f3801caeff1b83ccc45c376a1ff94e9832
font_02_sfnt_off00015b81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1