Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57aa69ce43c7ae27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-08-03 09:19:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 20709cf3bf11e451aec63bf47e8d56c5 SHA-1: e9b72d73125dcecd10972edabc35f935dd562a69 SHA-256: 57aa69ce43c7ae27d9961d636e65d6e1ba50161519464f2730776300a77c621a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a lure, directing users to phishing pages or further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+my+sharp+roku+tv+blinking+red PDF link annotation
    • https://edmaker.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c41fa7162ad8c572e9221dd25fd5d9d/pozidofuwadosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e513qm5ef9gd4ilipi4u9voo1a/78332633693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1gm69ilnjmd1f14kh8rm4b31k/falagatulixevisavej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaas-journal.org/survey/userfiles/files/58006357144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090033ea1ab4---67189300088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/jalopolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doverhighschoolhalloffame.com/clients/2/2d/2d76883e1086210ef8e2c43836b0327f/File/1288028689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608480b0639d2---56987966933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6795417064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868bd16b407---89473327034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081597dbd797---53186448150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://someteme.com/archivos/_20210713233517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d5f0a58e9---buxerutukupajimudozogone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/magelezewopusupusoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34m56odqhpms2lfnbkp8buaak7/lutinotixutowigemesawax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tuduqt5d5k0pe42igqa76h1kd2/85114672446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/45990626197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/gamogazeruxosarelosafuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/76256772589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7e09a3bfc---sateginolofebuwogox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulbwatkinslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pizodasujivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/88482727787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6dfe065ddad3dc71b836c44230057f6/kenegetejup.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_off00010116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10116 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011928.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11928 17460 bytes
SHA-256: af9c781024b3633284433278d8467bfecb491f71a9425d506d3fa7e915945f25
font_02_sfnt_off000146ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146FF 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 192f143df02929020922854c174b0c028c06a1258b9fd0de3c99074224e29e54