Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57d763c55311c887…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:00:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3a80ac7211875458eab80a3918bb2dfb SHA-1: 1d7c19c746be35f0e0b51c622c7b0e4f5c2797a3 SHA-256: 57d763c55311c8870d6bba9132037e7b2351ff1ae6a7da67f9a84d5cd3654508
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/17669763043.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6691e4d95d66929ea475542f13d5d7c6/67475074087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/39759897137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heibp12rsoume864klrt6onlta/39636879515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3j7kvo5h3bjpej9do0ieo57im5/90154482306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7859t3aqifb5n6q99kqa13oktr/33264731136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibaquitaine.fr/cebatrama/userfiles/files/zugejijedezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/73329778898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dc1886e09---rosewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/50826701815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/rixagaxofixeparijerudopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/77792454261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.net/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/46194108441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/mujiboxojuwekufukerulili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/files/nuvawasutadobegijitireduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bixesixazefirimikebuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d50c98830d790a72c712852ece2fb482/texuneforome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birotex.rs/images/files/26106336369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f36c22543---56743104295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7d6ma4qs21b9n5rdkl7jvvppg/damofimafokese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinnaduraflex.com/uploads/files/96002128187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyxedayhang.com/userfiles/files/60924194228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf401dcf1df---jokokimedofajexibepojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guinyardfamilyreunion.com/clients/62985/File/wasaxoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=free+hacks+for+warzone+pcPDF 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_off00010e90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000126a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A7 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 0f0dc0b28f8e6319ae206711e17d2fd8208eb1c0e55c03e6f5ca7f4da5682409
font_02_sfnt_off00013ec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EC9 17176 bytes
SHA-256: eabccb35f1cbf8127e249ebe1c1c7fcabbfb3c5e210bc5eaa0f3841f0c10f580