Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57be90a94bd6dd47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 14:07:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 427f6ca5b2d04a39505e860f0e44ec94 SHA-1: 0694122dd991486e89db57d8f3675af7ab1d7bd9 SHA-256: 57be90a94bd6dd47b9b45e97a2aaf3f3070c80287284b1d12872a32d04d39508
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and link farm heuristic align with techniques used to distribute malicious content or lead users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210528_61FBA57CF37B0A01.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0h679v1duiml7r6td77b2fngc/doweluwoxazuzexotire.pdf
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2526d7fd1237b868d941e241245c45cd/zupunanerenejosarenezuto.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pts1un3bdpetardf674gdhhlt3/vugagojudutolezirel.pdf
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0a6dd6485---18358495266.pdf
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5240dee22f07d39f84049f59cb8e8b8/38144318369.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42ebfb6b9118da181cd14015efcfab96/sabaxolanorofumatifopimis.pdf
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfce377e02761b42e86847fb9a9ba029/tebogigaxuzosamawajiwur.pdf
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c557a2c87---bifopazuwomovamal.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827f180dd2d---saxati.pdf
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/40378973972.pdf
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/52779619890.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16a463e215cd3d091f8bcec439a59548/mesasivutikup.pdf
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32f7544b21715900b4f231c6c44f9006/tesoziwudibutufumit.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab9875f3aa---fogadifavivovated.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf56207b68c---26536986686.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4dff7d6b3---86840275266.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=eyes+hollow+with+age
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2bf.bin
bcc51a36b70809bb49e2cf1718d25ede6e512775bae78a343bd8ce34e488851a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BF 16772 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e57.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E57 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001266e.bin
6c3ff1ca9e3e3ed52d0585088f8b9e1c504e6d3c6cebdc5211961178c7fa7fbd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1266E 10368 bytes