Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57329ed38ca36100…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-15 10:48:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 590f13ebb6fdaba794eb7c3bc3bc2b81 SHA-1: ff2c6c843f887f1ba46121eea58e3459cbb44e19 SHA-256: 57329ed38ca3610051636f788aa0431a1834e948af423e4187fb505e44eb241f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9fc01b3391---kovelisibobewonalexelan.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--80afc2apd5n.xn--j1amh/upload/files/15868903877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/rokibitidopatagujarekevol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d19f11b2b---71335974871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/wujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/bubufezosavokube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/95555598987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ecfb88948---96568537573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe2b7c29f6---24406156566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/58371810755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/64404824396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/50878983773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cbedb114da1aebfcb7880992152873d/litiwuxonuwedani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f5d7366db---42676185743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/39951433147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c714ae11aaa---64658024194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/11028905083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopabakukegepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/79630655070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/10959036681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsubienhoa.com/upload/ck/files/topedikumibarimamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a4b0962ed7fb07d85254f6c1387b861/72712477728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19e8d11a51312f564961a37d6de9d258/vatujobonitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=a+pair+of+pantsPDF 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_off0000ec3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC3F 10156 bytes
SHA-256: 0a9a340ad38cf584942ca110d89f16f9e5e90dd550071061302d2b8d035c134d
font_01_sfnt_off00010315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10315 19076 bytes
SHA-256: 11a9a7c4f47ee0dd6e8fea5bcb88e6bd64b336f40d9d8ebe750cbf8af9c1e2fd
font_02_sfnt_off00013403.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13403 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1