Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57aa3e9db3fe1968…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-13 17:43:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8cb0e582741ff29f0695eebb9b61be6b SHA-1: bc194972368612937de28c9322fd39b8cd4bf4fa SHA-256: 57aa3e9db3fe1968c6f4f718a64a77a26c8de5e43624b7b28ec6f95ecf2598f0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and distribute links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/sobawamokobofubudibawub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66d9d7a6ac---disinis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc033179eab---66825969502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelosamenelarasowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s21f62v5002br2dse44qjutcec/8767836389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccspatti.org/userfiles/file/rekaxowumefajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/xujisuforutasazotaberipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/686383353d7291fb1993b05e5b20a01d/94694355793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/70488621125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osptc51gp7d5hlp9s3pdd58rf8/govezowezelagijaromibowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/79898427911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b30319ae1652d964b97799fcbca5502/regikuninawanarineva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jncs.kr/page_data/file/20210516050234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://20thhelicoptersquadronreunion.com/clients/71358/File/35964313408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujh9gbck3lgkcctbgi3sfunf89/ponolunibumitubebejafag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jakewasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/suxofupesuputitutoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be8fb50bdb7---tuwepiwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/polazajopasox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/ditimukud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090be53f3422---ponarimati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r3kk9qeg7vvciohhnfnkfcpms8/segujit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladue69.com/clients/876446/File/tuvedozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=tortle+death+clericPDF 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_off0001014b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1014B 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 67359c52d36897bd0dfde9d83d03ffd96b7940b7e413258a8ccfc4641e88907f
font_01_sfnt_off00012fc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FC8 10156 bytes
SHA-256: 96da451d006c2e854ed316f45548d46c1f0c0e9084f877c89bca998102e70aac
font_02_sfnt_off0001469c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1469C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1