Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57d4a8bd174f52aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-22 15:58:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4fc18d334818068bf7a9f27677f43b3c SHA-1: 58cf1f8e5274eb4024a40678c959956bf467b34e SHA-256: 57d4a8bd174f52aacb5f965a15975f4a43f21e7331aa74393d1114780873a9c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many of which point to potentially compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://boldogelet.hu/media/busisil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109011518259261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/29132262823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/muwavapimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaladany.hu/upload/file/16578097697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainbrookbuilders.com/home/mountain/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44164445292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0922.sproname.com/files/userfiles/files/xenogodizojokoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/mulutipebubituduxesotilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totoquynhhuong.com/upload/files/13610189972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa5f0c045f---mumuzajekomejarivowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b71aaa5916---66749615047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/gawaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/seduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ecd4b11f19cb2034bca506770c2811a/89420961607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oykufestivali.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxajegop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agecarekorea.com/ckupload/files/fagiwasomidobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilonew.tasksplan.com/userfiles/files/4399345271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/vanifagalaxewesezad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewt.cz/res/file/31089108273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogusazowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/50749743793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.friend-match.com/upload/files/polojin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/032aadf77633898ea997a226861ca060/1344368609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/49853482180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/lagabaxeronukususogavifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/lukukodekeravevem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f359a0e497---24624651567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=influence+science+and+practice+5th+edition+ebookPDF 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_off0000e281.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE281 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA93 19588 bytes
SHA-256: a9d056abb7b4e6bb4a4a97040c38dbbef2b95994e09b3878d9aaf600ed543066
font_02_sfnt_off00012cfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CFA 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 4c0c965f168423e07d3dd5671ca6991ea940102518b89c4f24c9a593f0e19744