Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57579f34206e085c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-13 03:47:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 18acbfc10f62799c0a227de2a7ea3b2b SHA-1: 58433b3d8e1ae469996caf65fcfd2a5b75231b92 SHA-256: 57579f34206e085cfddfe8f300d9c02c8c0e90da5a3d2c756faf100d4b0f8bf0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites or the download of further payloads, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://fujieshubao.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021090402115973499.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.acta-mobilier.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dasemomazetetit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/xikevikejufozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranjitabiswas.com/userfiles/files/geloboxatilumuwefemotufuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c52d2988f3ddaf34ae2aacc651e1429c/89437541193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crm333.com/documentos/file/97986136993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commandhousecreations.com/uploads/files/runumulok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harnettcountyhba.com/userfiles/file/58231996295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/tavijelopofijejafifipuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed1080190c---titama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/72200395534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1eb63f90e---52961193658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fo-prefectures.com/pages/files/rolefojulizepijodegebupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/zuzutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/ranapifewupuxujezekidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/deselesupeweponaxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/83634153773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopokosekuxilofufod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00fc5307707477b0139b1076f1884c74/32455055166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://memsports.com.br/admin/libs/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/48262162077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heart-calligraphy.com/uploads/files/202109071751004158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/39407043177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flour.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83555537944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nls.vn/upload/files/paxifaxebimebigamusisedem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subded.org/userfiles/file/1087384577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=b1+preliminary+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_off0000cea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEA6 17500 bytes
SHA-256: edcc8b7208a00f6b5adea597f98c2a45286e3639a4c06aab55ed53bbf025b6de
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC38 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 7c63eb9090e87c8866c2812f8470d480281f2514e9624c2a6d433af7f6f34e5c
font_02_sfnt_off00011413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11413 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1