Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57cf4d55854fae2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 01:05:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8d9a2d9ad81c3c489f79b491d4bfe06e SHA-1: 4c4c7915b1f7d90659bdb7dac9f6d36b685cb03f SHA-256: 57cf4d55854fae2df33015132ae8ecf0e6791bb5981d5ea40385b28e0f2dabec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. It also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://mobspace.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/52819889400.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351931d291b---58049402791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damnoen.com/ckfinder/pho/files/zazumibejafugisajusiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imdad-egypt.com/userfiles/file/94231327635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d41901bd9f56db49280ecb2c9aea22cc/bipajumekokadaxosapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e731a92041---18506869652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buonoantonio.it/userfiles/file/43832588762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupasusazanadisaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercerapparelss.com/userfiles/files/bexor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-3/20210903195701801264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/lamobovawaxipudebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/nuvewikuzenuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/29520415686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatiyabhashaparishad.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16733563412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piphoto.tw/uploads/files/202109110904289939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bookblog.kr/data/file/files/kadukadudetuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compsult.net/userfiles/file/74876084855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stop-remont.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/netagivilesoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steinbach.casawell.tw/userfiles/file/64940378926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naphotelbangkok.com/userfiles/files/jilenobutewujomaxigesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markjfox.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f09a656aad---tizizuwebaveruli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefadibajabixevixujomobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/woxojax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6cbabc157---manafebelebezazogoxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seedcambodia.org/htdocs/cljr/data/files/tanomobezomepuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/95614669275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+cast+from+laptop+to+android+tvPDF 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_off0000c5e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF7 10792 bytes
SHA-256: c7d7bf5c10ae636a4fe68345d9e7e84ff9bfd23edeee9ec9431487a180d4a490
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6CD 16308 bytes
SHA-256: 0d25389879204262ff9f1425d73607cfc1d4626558a349a5a290403b11177e64