Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57dc874dc20722cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:59:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6dbfe2a05fdaba9c5cff4d16dd2d2cbd SHA-1: 4f76d011882e1639e9b60f213d897496fd8aec32 SHA-256: 57dc874dc20722cba0e4bd18015af94eb05dac9902f07a66646d558946598aac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content or redirecting users to phishing sites. The presence of numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • 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 http://artin-intranet.com/ckupload/files/lijogovig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adbae7819b---68683599030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links.com/images/blog//file/vezazemuremorebajavol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/gogilobapefalutumapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratco-hardware.com/Ups/files/jewabujupadefidojevugafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/71528220055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubk-sad.de/azubi/userfiles/files/zidesewozuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67e3666a23---43619225373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848feac0d59---fejuxisufufoziduwidapox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/161217ef6ce211---pirejevibijazaxobegirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2b411b62c---zenuvexuzuguladeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitaco.com/uploads/images/files/najizusesixotowizubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1624707401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08971f15c6---5767726633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129b1f8d3d4f---60716224930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e662d96b9f2---8209704679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiconthebay.org/clients/2/26/269dd5bc96e197da989a8dccc71442af/File/71915887234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/gakik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3939e432b---93975795714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db9ceabf5d---zalobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/63321595328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccapostolicchurch.org/clients/1/19/19d200bce63520a637954fb60b162b1a/File/8170990449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/41560071608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71pheun7nf1j1o5rd98i6msgv1/98712827859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=square+root+of+simplifiedPDF 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_off00012e3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E3F 20172 bytes
SHA-256: acc84afffe3d9ff180b0e570710bf980f3161410669570c80290807c8f708c50
font_01_sfnt_off00016277.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16277 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017a8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A8E 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 3930673432c3495a19ccdfbba272c69f8c426c29da7ee4d63fd3ae2da9fcc3df