Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57ce6ad0c10a15de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-17 21:10:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 404bccf9a6c5a47f28075123bfb2ac0c SHA-1: 7df335571b117d973edef60787bc612d6cdfe696 SHA-256: 57ce6ad0c10a15ded99666834e2e5acd94310b644ab3c16dd38c56a6ac2ad909
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including malformed streams and links to algorithmically generated URLs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a phishing or trojan PDF. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting indicates a pattern of distributing malicious content or facilitating phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/14954984039.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f072e2109c0d3969b82e723afae6c558/33023519711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/92782198442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/terun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708e4e9b446---93525882573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/68403145113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608791291f04a---jaferotozojadodunixeboveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsarvn.com/media/ftp/file/90320497508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zeketu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/37007120487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/gikugeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.doctor-carpet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hihfb5s1ajsi6np0j9c3sqgtu2/2393963258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa0b9c074f---62470318040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b67eca0ca8---jalome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/52236952111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9s8vrcivghhhkqlbjjv4aomq87/84889193124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50629285472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5219c1fc7---kowulilarujamuxojofawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/78650478052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimetoor.com/basefile/bimetoorir/files/72114623836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/xepoxigenenevix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/lixivalasigirarexoleke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff760389f9a72858a9267f6067e4c8b3/rozademe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/19647672319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=mac+os+x+preview+insert+image+into+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_off0000f16d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16D 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 02382eaeef22487ea233f0d19c4f24391b2672a5756a92a37de2b87c243d46d3
font_01_sfnt_off00010b6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001237d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1237D 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 352ae295ce057bf949e1ef828b4dd04a840996ea76e6727e3fa95c55c38901fc