Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57c91bd8c2baa6a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-06-06 17:26:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4585d4082b16e957b7ea5d86c37c00af SHA-1: 5244998ba094231ab0e171b0a92588bca500e5c3 SHA-256: 57c91bd8c2baa6a3f1bdea911ecee0dfcdf766b01631b8d5526a3520fb8e9ede
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of external URIs and compromised CMS links supports this. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links implies a potential for further payload delivery or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=introducci%25C3%25B3n+a+la+filosof%25C3%25ADa+pdf+ra%25C3%25BAl+guti%25C3%25A9rrez+saenz
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbfad7a3f317c7ff8d0c8b30a167af01/6330148908.pdf
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30ca61be06ff209a7d65a719b70ba8d4/83882838504.pdf
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/476437bae5caa7e7343c9de50809d95e/lomagasaveto.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvoft2mi5u4m49thojdvhefhk2/35210203196.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9598e0599---44685835012.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l9lgcj2rjj1m8gg7dssas34vf0/38832855493.pdf
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/rovufexilovaxi.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cf30c7551---81169539217.pdf
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609414869b45b---didodute.pdf
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bc7f2a30d9bc8165ab4892cd648df29/99147029711.pdf
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/zedirowarene.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f1e97a757---52770815870.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7881beec32---24761573760.pdf
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/39430422555.pdf
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/kegusebeguronibobelemof.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c703.bin
7b72d46a0b76c95aecaab5fcd0b83e7c8de843bd6760f65e1982b113b6f4903c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC703 5640 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d976.bin
61a72bae8a0c7d62630c2db72f3604710b72ac9744a0b31096c0f172eea55ee8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD976 12264 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010088.bin
d1f4a20f0e35a0564be54678b929bb8c711862c507f070c2b9a6abea8daf4378
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10088 4324 bytes