Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57b52df810aafcf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-13 07:52:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f44686a5512f28e9ee6cef3fa3a2afcd SHA-1: 2e6173ea6ede3c02a5e63e117f7f1bb229c4c74e SHA-256: 57b52df810aafcf0c033d7fe7417590b9ed0bdbd53ca4c88415d881f83039a87
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a URL with 'hitman+sniper+hack+apk' in the utm_term parameter indicates a potential lure for users seeking illicit software.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hitman+sniper+hack+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3144030a179a97c780b5b5954e53985/15097872551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04b9a7d4794aa752faa3f164fa1ba9af/kuravometonokivuladonob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be7da1fdd46e6a32f9bf1c03b38e0591/13058404943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4412f890c4---86759950158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/bilumolewifatojipukibaxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e307cd806f177299e964b9e16d3b8045/44136415760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c48057990---tedidipixudaj.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9aa7ba9f5---belukevukajidevozonal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5l3o3fj2k4kkodgia8orft2ip/47623845878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/tupiparuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/rufobenilakavibol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/52394093676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a12aca406e3a96316b4d566e17ce595/musor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d21203eb2ad78d82e0fa006ea9a7594/55720022053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/wugulasaxubejugox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000ee76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE76 5168 bytes
SHA-256: 7f49574fe68a8c25f69fb06a13a7290ef9700e7aa1843d0d49fe02bc0f943104
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD5 15820 bytes
SHA-256: 0eabc56b312475bbeb3054d65fba4bfa69c660edbc9fcdf00ceab72c05750c42
font_02_sfnt_off0001314e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1314E 16164 bytes
SHA-256: c41fc46809d2260d2d1a821cef6bb00dae560fdbad380da94a93f29d012df54e