Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 577d2b1f3c428b6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:04:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: eada07c49ae6252250bd4bfcc132e1c9 SHA-1: 22f1b160b134ba8b173980c4c8a0cb5f7b3634ab SHA-256: 577d2b1f3c428b6fea76c2d93428a9a82adec18601b53ae81aa6bdf747275802
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm on disposable hosting, likely to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d70eeda347424ec799ab27356c6f408d/83409832170.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kcobafl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65700915666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/83139826871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signaturecruise.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disijutuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b5b333e94---94414909204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agama-rc.com/upload/files/lateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepexutojorasikite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ropaalmayoreo.com/images/userfiles/file/vudaverimulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d30e6be368---sobirezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/rogonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210607164608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92cb983c78f05ee4e312e333393a3636/dexipolufidozesamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/008a7e65fc28918aafd4921740ceaf83/27287290331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypperfect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52693626772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2nb4bobbs2dtvrvg8a0vicv0n/39132713623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a02d133bb1---kazibozopovanifake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headlinesdinerla.com/uploads/files/32770942037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willbramephotography.com/97003568795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/xajabafetalalisawodapug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baac8d8a3e7---xivexukejurexaleregoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotanazita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/96245454028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.cn/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/41200043180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personal.sut.ac.th/chantira/port/ckfinder/userfiles//files/venowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/70059422639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estduquebec.com/scripts/php/xenocode/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17244997291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=musical+notes+and+rests+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000ba9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA9F 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 0968edb8a88538b7a5b488d7c8f36b09b7e3e62e216cb07f3aa81d91a5429acc
font_01_sfnt_off0000d351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD351 15996 bytes
SHA-256: e28e1ba874249fdea0075ff9e1f18ed1720b8b3423e8a99059b8fd0d957ece66
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1