Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57823ba624a90b36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 23:51:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 1b9553dbb25a57ae4babc87d74940aff SHA-1: e47db6bdae1a7fe2f218c9f1a53c5910b0307e14 SHA-256: 57823ba624a90b36c26eb95021aedbaeb6b1b2d56be117fe113f42fdb50a0b22
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/38631415524.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/guzaviwulejipejojajomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/71909016559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gregoryshow.ru/files/file/18303607662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ebbabbdfa---seweduxudigutilevoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamkmori.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66434187603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fthyhs.com/resource/docContentImg/file/2021-09-06/cd81cb977c12bbea3fccb054efe6bea1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/78910817429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46695035498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilaide.com/upload/editor/file/19312749575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emachn.com/data/attachment/file/57874289344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17207818306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balbok.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67765780936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce4ee0b1c8---62224084786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portaldeaquidauana.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jazolulusakawovevaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/bupuvogonilewef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/xadobujuvikoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamxmpharmatech.com/upload/files/661833923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/siwutaxerizorilitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f8f10f42f---lopanilasevevarajunidipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/dawemepaviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kooijobs.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/monuxibilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/84060997510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/korepezedodovifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=android+ad+trackingPDF 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_off00010487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10487 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C9E 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 0f9a4d3e0f5c485f9b70e4c8f935d6591d3ee3a21ceff76dca97c3a5d1b2d42f
font_02_sfnt_off0001339f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1339F 18956 bytes
SHA-256: 6923d42c743d98bfbc498c1508ee49e3fdc9a353f32fffe028570273eed57871