Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57e21eed048f2a91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:20:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b9ef64386c0b98a7854f9fab09ef5bf5 SHA-1: 6126b338ee941a5fefd5301e3895d1c5f8cbed74 SHA-256: 57e21eed048f2a911ee5f0a13e9969b75bcc196c237cf9d5e43e0481ce43452e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it functions as a lure to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating a tactic to obscure malicious destinations within a large number of links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=panasonic+tv+manuals
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/du23a7115ela5m3hgjs0l2n8hq/watunekirutofit.pdf
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ea223f2fa---77807513809.pdf
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/88782003026.pdf
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0a49aebfd---fuditagizujimesofopogibax.pdf
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b28580667---26417511800.pdf
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acefda2ab0c---35850275519.pdf
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64248ee6663d1ad8c94ea61897d021df/bomafilo.pdf
    • https://alhasooncorp.com/Files/files/35157715755.pdf
    • http://canavesiobruno-architetti.it/userfiles/files/35038630123.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114388b114ae---lamotipewevibezexopovobo.pdf
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/gugowasavojo.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc54795d404---fuguxivusunenedezuze.pdf
    • http://kaiyudachem.com/filespath/files/20210805141306.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/348fadda19bf4878c06c51fe76bebb17/wumabibivesojeto.pdf
    • http://transinfosoft.com/userfiles/file/duzojomejelugiritazar.pdf
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/66203861458.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/nozewarazufukupujodabulat.pdf
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/jifuzozona.pdf
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///dimagutoxufos.pdf
    • http://intproplaw.com/admin/uploads/file/64928660475.pdf
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jminoqfmkfktsq5kjegulo5nvp/xasegogovukose.pdf
    • http://wshs67rocks.com/clients/9/94/942520bde836a0b401740df6f3d23d35/File/wepixemutabeturinemob.pdf
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gikirerigujidanegofi.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce8511056a1---mudinep.pdf
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6avo3visrqsf5m2hvn9d45ao0/kobokitomikijozim.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dca5.bin
e7552c972356bc98d3ad3b079e001c880c5096aa104328415c61ff6fda99e33e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA5 18860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ca7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124be.bin
5f8351873c534c7a11415566ae651b6dcf3b974aa9f35d02563cbcf05368b560
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124BE 10328 bytes