Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57a330ce2994a949…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 05:28:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: c2102df9170e5a05251df9ddf801535e SHA-1: ca99793c04c30dfbb94d3f7403eb1bf7b4f51b56 SHA-256: 57a330ce2994a949d9215cff176e9c3064428ebdb11c02a5ce86c5723218185a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dhgmrk5621hreimt71uj6dst08/lonuzivegutisajapezota.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2c0uk3s1qipg87mjdgka5kn32/77900656746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b81257ebe10---rigawaxurozutuwexoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8e932aba2---93569361421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/biworogorugijadidad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf79179d9a---jujanutorixugunaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f914d9d049---motozegitadub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fcb9460d06a3d04d7f4d16fa5025473/mupegajosavokixibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c91c7c8e13---rerikerewalinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/41930823329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3786a5c41df42e83814a97fd22b60b75/mikenogaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb5699310e722c5657821794a2fa0a01/60321655562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b856fb6a819063f77865f55becb20b75/wowomafuzuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27b005d980---gadewemejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/pugele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609055c844e4e---98819177746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed7a62ba3b10358f1971f569f781e0b7/sulafebiwopaxegaxepafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876d525eca5---68811660358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7ci1c7strl1dg8ku30ntfact7/67269362890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab98ef4168---siwufolidivepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekhoron21.mn/uploads/files/17948312681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/figutavamofuvorage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895db5e0e4d---74042503398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bfccc2f98---41603112959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=100+mbps+speedPDF 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_off0000e65b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE65B 16928 bytes
SHA-256: 4cc0ca0183c5099f1bf89f9335fee2a0028747a1272c619a6ed0551e560001a5
font_01_sfnt_off0001123b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1123B 10048 bytes
SHA-256: 3eebb0b8e2513af55cc8416419fc4d5030caba94c1ff9c00f242964720b6737e
font_02_sfnt_off00012855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12855 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1