Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57339016d25c841a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 15:56:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8b82fd94816c7440f1a1c8be63bc7f2a SHA-1: 3967b8a85df5a6edebd527a22690d49cf24dda63 SHA-256: 57339016d25c841a26c9fbac2ea04bfa3ddf1b04d25650e2d0a2f549c84d7f7e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of links pointing to compromised websites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=he+is+almighty+god PDF link annotation
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb60e8dc73---sidojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/36540624543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-domodedovo.ru/upload_picture/file/10094939321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4o6m6283j6maab49vltgt6ib8d/leluvotazenakebilexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9bb8d1e3e---8230326216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ce9dbcb9e---60399448733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e2818237d---rubumobebutuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationforexcellence.com/clients/66491/File/jeresozenenepinekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/kafutikikameselijubuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6sqc2i54i9v63jv2s0e74t7vc/38068198123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/89271653036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rulobodm5vdp8gcisomupqn2sl/61872376168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/dunijupowevewuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed5d16f367f---63335502095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949138e413e---molaxodetadikoxudepirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/40102881263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b884487e9a0---sisenixabalatomupuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83148dca4fdd0af9873b32b69f1cedfb/96027122855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79336724b2---tiduzurigiwozujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/35596730977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9decfe42407d428f5ddeba31df52365/27409127331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/gidikakegejupupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5edf39601d61fded04858d44465967ae/bugasotipazoloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ef53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF53 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 1ae6b7edb6d58a2b54bbe450b0caa21ed62da6e65ebc6241467714c415e5242f
font_01_sfnt_off00010754.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10754 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F66 18280 bytes
SHA-256: f63dab10527d304cccfda8bda31106536e03be8d2a8f240ac9034691ad683038