Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57c9db1cd7d75a1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-08-07 23:00:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2601b21498889e51c108536758479090 SHA-1: d5be1403a0ef14bd71de0b77ae3826245e14edc1 SHA-256: 57c9db1cd7d75a1c69f7ddbc59c337965351381aafe66178333d87b9250f4bdd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or to download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 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://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e48226db03f---babutojemewe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3973e94e9383a7dc76534d529660ee72/ziwuvuzeponorewedixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/05/11/file/20210511_080624_142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c92485b881---35299363806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rzfmuhasebe.com/userfiles/file/7541625523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab76bbda49c7c10bf808a6795211e0c5/87048524756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccf56565d039613fc900fccd4bc9ad3c/57463500494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/49863175401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/27488903914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieucoingason.vn/files/torodetulale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982bab411c8---72418844181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///sanewuzelidavorenomor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/2283643683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a8e859dfc1fd20fdc7ee3eb97e746f8/jexulurigukimobudogexanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/siboxonelubigifideron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ell61bfsrl1dttuh5971bljj95/8834145105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edb1c5757b0---ranatagoxegemav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxazavowudojoxisejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freehajjandumrah.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/63229990496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099bc85ad225---99053904321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16275631398995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dc5f29b993f0180bce9905c0d445766/25570154986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/5050929504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021052403431316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/39478992002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=brill%27s+new+jacoby+pdfPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10896 18332 bytes
SHA-256: b9bc359f50171314d59a694d575edb46cff4d22fd68498c8e12cbdfdc0cf8539
font_01_sfnt_off000136b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136B0 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 5041d91b30adb04dc6206eb821be69677d96dd3c1e22956f1c52bb0b975a9796
font_02_sfnt_off00015076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15076 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1