Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57357358bc71c6e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-07 17:17:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e63b06c2a0393932818e6e3fefeba24e SHA-1: 429a4309dc64360f19a3bbd20fe36f2568057523 SHA-256: 57357358bc71c6e36855a2319356c4ef466188b9c993fd4c16b2550f037a4f96
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the structure suggests a link farm designed to distribute traffic or host malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall pattern is consistent with a phishing or SEO manipulation scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 5

  • 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 http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/99486276504.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f840ed1248f---xobefoxerarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/20466552703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc68197b8d---kosolediboke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodluckfishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96586580871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clear-es.net/yamituki-n/uploads/files/jakunodekebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e606c0cd4e---59665950923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd99751042a---tabamovufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healhumanity.foundation/userfiles/file/74455027747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4150b25a63fc980c1726f25d59ef48c6/41152035116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7qd3pr96n9a1j4rir3s77qvhs/kajavepimojogobumefogat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db40b5a111---77790331356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samtee.com/admin/images/file/misanibowasaxefefozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086322195e69---24266704314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-travel089.com/CKEdit/upload/files/gagowagozavoraxiguzam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6b0c59a33---wufekedonosizepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/1156427822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vv-alc.nl/uploads/files/58216203343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itkl61qfgn1hbkc5b525if0js4/30354422785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/kofowutolubedosazot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa468951a4---21467054073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d6ce50534---74032369461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia1973reunion.com/clients/3/33/33cb7023d77084166ed027ca16b579b7/File/fugiritevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d631dab6d30744cab29bd610a6655b0/7389570162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=bible+study+plan+2020+pdfPDF 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_off0000f4c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C0 10920 bytes
SHA-256: b80b71de0b69a3cf92e141b6cbbbc89d5fa32b58b89e91f31d36f0e33f237555
font_01_sfnt_off00010e0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E0A 16320 bytes
SHA-256: 6a89828a34094da3a5ca980d7ef96b74bf1661478bccbf747be67e39d07e40cf
font_02_sfnt_off0001384f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1384F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1