Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57a09b864348f61e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:59:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6e51976dde78185a3cc99454499af47d SHA-1: ceb5e53a75cd3ee36c29e87347266a57c684292d SHA-256: 57a09b864348f61e520ac6e1114ccec15e859165b910995bed47fa985b0f6219
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection or exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+meaning+of+churn
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/74315474010.pdf
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/268096b573b299c6e915ef421344462d/62090220453.pdf
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/170ff20f8c34faf3b2ae8cc3a9892877/41848089889.pdf
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fbcf54cec---lexaxiwaj.pdf
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rudagojekoxep.pdf
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/81017941375.pdf
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210511002313925681dlbfcr.pdf
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa1c5388a3---gowunogazivitif.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e58208782---55373207956.pdf
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4fb2ab9bbaca53e347809df4c3c30e9/dibawagalinupoverebojiwo.pdf
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c69f50b0d066e17e740802e52d66dbe9/31200382436.pdf
    • http://jl-vacuum.com/upload/files/lusenerovolibotasakunivat.pdf
    • http://kantoromega.pl/userfiles/file/lenejobirixewiwevekudozo.pdf
    • https://orldoc.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9p3vk6mrbh95l6ij83dgpalv4/musojibarunobamisedep.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728e9e530d1---98648526628.pdf
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210613141934.pdf
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///zojakadidixi.pdf
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/rumijagulalew.pdf
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b05d97273---26935424243.pdf
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ebd74b475---96260249565.pdf
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f21a037168---95620232442.pdf
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/bibuwebemirodolawoxod.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off00016e19.bin
54e3955950497760389cc6408966d300f50d32680d76f35c88e7ec7c0071d093
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x16E19 19436 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000f4d9.bin
a8161c2f5ba9235eb51b4fcc43b6bb219725019365cb8d38f9ec25dfe5ce54ff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D9 3464 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010258.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10258 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a6a.bin
0ceacb62763b1f57cff15da7936431e3a0b0b70af743e00fbb8a2de138903210
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A6A 24780 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001565c.bin
004f6310ef095fa2aad40301edfe896b19cbfe56a289eec0f40413b932408827
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1565C 10532 bytes