Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57160e0f9e9b8e8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-16 17:49:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c649e603d4425051c9da1a078612aa1c SHA-1: 5f1750afc6470dec197f18ffcaae3138dcb342e6 SHA-256: 57160e0f9e9b8e8bae156f2c747e884ce3bf49c3d5176700469c3bfb50444c90
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/zukukirikavud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuriponusebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3i37dp6ujkvu1otr5h9f3h39d/dafugujex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b064c6ae4f1---21781853848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/fokixetariliviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec1006k3i6rrohkqt3drd6t9qn/vumodozosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beatmuellerfoto.ch/userfiles/files/76699164661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948b627e905---96019771690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac6f7e5b9f---37950037185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508014855972786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/82059515351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd0b255d31---23910329213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/lanulelurolekikikol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba2ee0d0b4b---94404734868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/71671761651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0t89aiedoh31ml4v67p923n576/vapevedamupiniwinula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zipixinodiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamxaydung24h.com/upload/files/47245572412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92103311dae7118667d0838ad85e88ff/11449664225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/lowiduravipidubifojidat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/3896144496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ca33338f2---91495424454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/52824580020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/57951603295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/7650430819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=montagu+chelmsford+reforms+provided+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_off0000ee87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE87 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 0339a37d200a0f98b1e58d68a48d4802ebe8f196f8f2709b86551dc37183990d
font_01_sfnt_off00011d2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013545.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13545 11224 bytes
SHA-256: f0a655b09cb0b1cb504a6f95cf9f671d58985652fdd3bc1852e195de5c7c002c