Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57b7ebd64fbe621d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-15 12:04:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a43735503c02d59fefdd7c46b28080c4 SHA-1: 45548746672534514e56cc826a5d0f94beb220ee SHA-256: 57b7ebd64fbe621d325ae57fd16426bd8a0dff853f2fbddef492a0baa9ea8f6d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic for a 'link farm' indicate the primary goal is to redirect users to external resources, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/goromevibupurigonagajez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/genawogutisulekipogobotur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710f50f122e---86369728243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec3p8gt994s9qr0kacqh72aia0/kujot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbchitchcock.org/clients/8/8b/8bdff38a390027835eb24981312b950c/File/27076371345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6afd44ed5---41046496326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xofegijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/1997168344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/89718197477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/67967401117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/62402330549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a12177c83---1416825858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/xavojalifopanidolojuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/77986779157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e37edc886e9---gabeveboworajixujera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/1386267318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d871b8ce30---kemaxuzinugalusorisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c315eaacedd---37210829083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d930bb92f1d---87998369492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/158379b0bfa64c34dd004d2d5126986f/silivasejinozovexokefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/58643981534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929bf8bf6bc---nawuvuwugevitapemotanapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/27519291648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab0139a48419b57371a056f039b28538/63973981969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=kamen+rider+neo+decade+flash+belt+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e0df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0DF 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 13eabada1b830db0f60b7018e9f39a2bb04ecee282ea421609fdd3ffaf6e9ec5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11266 17000 bytes
SHA-256: bc1b82994ebe48f9a4b1250ab924ba9aa3b93fa1543e6973c9357d950e6f6c6e
font_03_sfnt_off00013eb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EB0 4088 bytes
SHA-256: 319a7280828ba9a39abba9b8e8bb716b92b6f4dc465315cb9eec17c7a3241cc1