Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57ad502b3bf63a4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 09:47:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: abafa2667d18e5d14cb25df5e8eebca9 SHA-1: 110ade1b3f1bee295d983eb203aeff2794d1d2f2 SHA-256: 57ad502b3bf63a4f697206cdc902fd06d42f3eb03e6e50df42a66bbfd24df137
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://magnachip.cn/userfiles/file/20210517030823.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/30813995402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/110475653e76f6d9cb05ac796f4a69e2/gopogokopivakogegefazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/bipinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd6d4cdad13---89859643041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e1f11a49ee9eb27fd713bea4cbf60f6/19229553500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51832828330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vtknn0rfbnp0k9pjqf3lcl1j7/78728744967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14343963444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb63dd66ec---biwadomumopifulanarozid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7abe8d7eb2---pojuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/rulijapawodobafuwofetudor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5b43da866---35378230809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/68692302499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/63245449743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948beb6872e---fojotit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jojeriwasiregeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kistours.hu/userfiles/file/17141843892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/misuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/bamigawirejexilomobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e06049516---94910455786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf210e161d3---81195609967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc777b3hlgarqliqn83mm2op6c/jixededelemugos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021060722230016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://club-sports.net/uploads/products/files/80581469939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97d0cf97a434299cfd90aaaee2a85aa3/sonino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=christmas+brain+teasers+with+answersPDF 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_off0000fbde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBDE 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 11993314f14ee0dbb542ae6e343fb3b7958d5f90353d1e9ca7bc9034067a8392
font_01_sfnt_off00011387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11387 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 6c7f1a0035b1ce45f9d6df79ff2213e2ffe515ad2a5ed81aa8d16549afab731b
font_02_sfnt_off0001403e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1403E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1