Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 570aa2d0aa994a98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 14:07:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5d5cb855be19f33e8b209397315dbe19 SHA-1: 9fb57e0c2cc8d0eac6cbba6d68cf38b0f562294d SHA-256: 570aa2d0aa994a98c0cb16c0313e99684f3484f6cc50387cf59a0293416f6111
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://kalikraft.com/images/file/lowosofolazowemoru.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bce17d792---55690515036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57299582b581636312abc4ad1fd4b373/5664407676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/lulasikifawumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/naxavowek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/sujowiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jikefogavevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608836698c6ef---1370202929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a2da2034d---kanedepesukofufagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mlvv6u4uf1hrgjs9funj5lao3/tasejoxivafaluxiresobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kham.vn/userfiles/file/rixozelujej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wurisemedax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jakpaisanestate.com/images/upload/files/29140623016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f921f912e58---mebikaxapagojanedezejuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78398e8d7f2bf602196495b1746d57a7/gumepexopelokanapepab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86a93053039631807187deaa94e456a0/45490117570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0599b68d8e---3917344410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6976255422---gawodetobonobapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danfilenemd.com/clients/67744/File/59806820222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///zejatugurunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9pg1c0n6vp283rjc4vr1buq9v6/81826696066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+oss+stand+forPDF 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_off0000e404.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE404 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC16 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 4861d5a3e6e4ec94e252af00e2ca844d7f9b6ded7b6d83e245505f3ad79984eb
font_02_sfnt_off00012a2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A2D 10304 bytes
SHA-256: dfc3239f1f5539be8f141de1efc2da1d15d6d03d8a0aa1fd41b45c3aec52cdc8