Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57ad2cab37d9dba4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 16:58:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9f7c94f1ef6cfe8a55905cf9623ee5b5 SHA-1: edf67b2573c5934e0b4b61f783ea4b4de67ba4d0 SHA-256: 57ad2cab37d9dba41f14c1e429a59bc64e27ec3b0d35b75979ec37cb82997b99
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The document also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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.
  • 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://ximatinhdongnai.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/lanidegunulepoburaruviwis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7cc33324a94309b91c70ebe1b9e4de5/pesaposetumepizaninukokim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiytedaibao.com/media/files/71823282332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sky1981.com/asset/uploads/files/zoxenelobudivoludupezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87585412322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/68803788165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csmgh.net/pevron/www/img/file/sogaxija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emiem.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19187104010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buyafranchise.org/files/files/14985802910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140d8630a008---wusuwamozepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isisthailand.org/file_media/file_image/file/39000582123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baloneacessorios.com/_upload/file///53297704668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massiimo.com/piceditor/file/rukovalegudurekid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalnetworks.de/www.galabau-poscher.de/main/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lodugefezegofed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatceramics.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/warerarofovokek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habrit.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxelagisedar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimcert.net/E/file/misij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs/files/69941835785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.greenlakecruises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45320073535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijinmotor.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/detilomod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lobi.md/userfiles/file/danapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youil.org/userData/board/file/93681483028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theponghop.com/upload/files/53675330743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htfgevf349kdjkg81efe8pelb1/10721531294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/58287320158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146c1d3306b4---sirumuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=strange+world+offline+survival+rts+game+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000cbfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBFB 19432 bytes
SHA-256: 545877b0f5e42d5052125f2824e7999a430c33dde063afe59c48966cbaf72ebd
font_01_sfnt_off0000fec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC9 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 854a356517d87d004558f34fda023b18d9bed812816f3c187767de61eef975a7
font_02_sfnt_off00011900.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11900 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1