Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57df7c54eb88c6a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 08:08:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: afd4fa489b86a236c9e497729d188cca SHA-1: 57b0dfbe6927e6f266f20ec39d37ef52e0d16cf3 SHA-256: 57df7c54eb88c6a78bfb7f0ef8b3ba9cf0a441bb4e496a1dcfebb38cdd89f984
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect users to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=an+acute+angle+is+greater+than PDF link annotation
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45e9dee37d---93407326829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalsteakandstogie.com/clients/1/1d/1dbb6d5698303b6304ae84622e226a19/File/56371293151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o25h8cfu83b77snbetljrt9038/23818794591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/36629958155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/17815223402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akvaguru.hu/user/file/mowixikaronugusofesitema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/65639942323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/foxenuladegemuxurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangiyaparishadtoronto.ca/bpt/editor/uploadfiles/18881055095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rcoannmnfj9q724hq1rlq1bsm/xojewovarujojifenozuvebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f490210aff---60733553550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4j7o6e71e9oflleuorb9rtn8u4/sapafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c43728155---wivegibififubiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/pevirufasawuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/sikuragolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/joruxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67787414158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e394f0eccc5---15357486648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d0c56c715---6937592752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091006851a24---24692769948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/62914272398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fc31f6e8fb05a61d56d57d067d2b75a/89552247692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78317aa354550c12c76e16a26ff90a81/xatuvoximerugijupuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/sizokusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3aaa7eb2e---97442320944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/zabeduxakujotusodazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d68b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68B 16848 bytes
SHA-256: 02a9e676d52fab53912fd3b0ede2ff7130274d3a2531dcac5706836e675f9cf6
font_01_sfnt_off00010266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10266 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 3af0e63d74fc851adcaeefcd51839047142c6b58f3e462296518ecdd40113293
font_02_sfnt_off00011a29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1