Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57c0206fcfe9eddc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:08:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8c701652320b3d8eb9328135a59a4bd7 SHA-1: 4a54fb87e993a0a4ae69b6007c0848cd030fd7e2 SHA-256: 57c0206fcfe9eddc3458b259fa18b7682edc714002187f04b4052d0504bb91d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics, indicating its primary purpose is to redirect users to external websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hp+envy+x360+15t+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/neu1jcsgps5p02otq6il1bt005/12530519689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a256b6e7476---besolusigoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/27020441454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqshj6ri02ta0t18iemem84mvs/24275804628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b5f44d9c2---34760162323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/rezakapitogubekofopukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpsoft.shop/upload/files/rafijuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/82187558025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d774c43e4---vutedoxuzigilobadatudeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88a14e4391---dokosijeluwulevisagim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/jamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/58495846161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccarrentals.com/files/file/jiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b80a06bc3a---77748696391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bc3142bbb---52661215936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsvas5cknu9m3pnqp65u8d901v/pekagufubogojekivigasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5q881i0j9o617dbtgtcbjomc74/tosederufizenazesodekavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b09475f38bd81cf39b59e408c12a52/8665950363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pension-chevaux-haras-gabereau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wajok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/97458828973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bdcf8ded3---turexaniwilukowagemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psk.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dikejegovake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aad4939f0dfe0df0fbd734867c708403/14279588319.pdfIn 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://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_off0000dcd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCD0 17940 bytes
SHA-256: e9f6bd1034fdbe8a25f83456e927161c90d00163fd0d61dbd71b7e33338eb3ef
font_01_sfnt_off00010b5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5B 10952 bytes
SHA-256: be132cf34407c5a56d5179af4799ad02369557c1b18940f9df3c25f977d4174b
font_02_sfnt_off000124d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1