Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57d4c6042d149412…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:08:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3b28f709c6926dd4e37ac07acac4037c SHA-1: 4bb34a4927879c3a324a7f51c79762585bf0dff1 SHA-256: 57d4c6042d14941220749659db5d37ce6ecce3ee855bfc00b2006daa7bc0699e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm indicate a likely intent to deliver a second-stage payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/6441126506.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smart-ventures.ch/upload/Editor_Images/files/57536666944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/34849485981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harekatmemuru.com/images/Media/files/72989733138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4219250cc81a18fbbef39cf3ff5c73a5/82194529764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077acdde1348---werenikobosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/tujaniviweritigamuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/fopilamile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de981aee8a5a36c069937b8b37b5f8d6/zulobugax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210815032207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/91733338506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/37127338036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/basewijotabatoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/lalelinigelubafufemunedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/rinubipemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/zetekefopozububisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ae175e7949---54534661078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6c802c0318---68953940797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28333241024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/ginosojifabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce7a0b8057---xobosepofad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d680fc8b065bc02f52b4372e6c8d1c6/80218369306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mariabeckmann.com/fotos/uploads/files/38539223893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsverano.com/UserFiles/File/52674563636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/63916406019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43pdvggj39p1tuk1731dcj2pv8/pirukonadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+letter+and+number+tracing+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000b604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB604 13832 bytes
SHA-256: 834309d09454d928497d179af4797e134f04f71e196f0046bf7306fa12131933
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7D7 11356 bytes
SHA-256: ffe27133a662b445b2d7f8c40d1c61fae66ea760ac0ea0bca3394ad7501e746f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF200 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1