Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57a084087e8356ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 14:51:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a2d30855ba889d891799742cfffccce4 SHA-1: 4015482fa98ccb249d57c600d87e0163b08d178f SHA-256: 57a084087e8356ee9ac182798cf993d585151e96752d3af6facd3174896e8073
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a download button lure further supports a malicious workflow aimed at tricking the user into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=queen+malayalam+full+movie+download+tamilrockers PDF link annotation
    • http://gongin.humenia.com/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210909063333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.com/editor_up/40001683305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efe848b0647902cfaaaac40784004bd7/99678507327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/numakuzezelepigaxirowuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aybar-gallery.com/userfiles/files/81732974069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/76354826940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viswinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/manobazefabopudubodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/92889081774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-lannion.fr/userfiles/file/sebakamidifejudoduriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurangabadptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88370450663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/931f043ec2ee62e77a25309a562023f9/fugajakobelazubami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/55208435440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gkpb7qmo76ilblq6a5plnulqi/difowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vers-ma.de/userfiles/file/gumokuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139109d171ed---82728821730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaytravelandholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613516012d841---85921876122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58133714105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://61kidsclub.com/userfiles/file/lifosekokugafaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/tikiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euronet.stonavka.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11870770045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://britishcytology.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52909206478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://my-hustle.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/18594468063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dc39616ca1---xaroperokixakavanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/soresovejimudebuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitrine-prof.com/files/movebilovulasewejebowoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krainaogrodow.eu/zdjecia/fck/file/97836091784.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_off0000e850.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE850 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10062 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 3d5cb2770b0de3476b259734e46e98d0ce5322ce3b5fb52cd88dcb7da1fdd3be
font_02_sfnt_off00012d25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D25 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 0a2e9bf5daafc10f331b9803b4465d6bd7c0916490ef40272f607780ea544086