Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57e33451f139bc72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:56:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c6afa86c62ad02494179dcc73ed36bf5 SHA-1: 15e9883038694d02bee84598c412ed2cf8cc82a1 SHA-256: 57e33451f139bc721a19110d177d81d946e1f4394fb733a6ff270bcd102f23c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan PDF. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The PDF_URI heuristic points to a URL that appears to be a tracking or redirector for a datasheet lure, likely intended to lead the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tda2822+pdf+datasheet PDF link annotation
    • https://ajambary.com/userfiles/file/95954759089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aabe85dd460---60665247713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4bfc1e450---dabusalelononipuxobez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbkbafwdti1ahihccrg.xn--p1ai/pict/file/fatulagoranu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2036d89ce3---vinokexinagudiruwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a044c083e8b---pemomobunevasomibukofogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78mkihsl90p293fji2288r0akd/75022682247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbe084b76c---68727388706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/33464840076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/vigarutekofazapusuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/vunifusose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratipifuzikod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764bf5e1b8c---9027934459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolcezzecaffe.it/file/vemiwevasonobepixuwaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125cfcb373d7---toxesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f87065bc17---66640138412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverstonedevelopments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67536065600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szguilong.com/userfiles/files/91264414546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school15-tyumen.ru/f/39536099599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8ur399lv076ptpdm81l0ndtv1/38944672716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpspcb.com/uploads/files/42570117120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee2878a89a---xumamumibozonudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c35e02b32a166dcfaecc31bd0ab1cd8/47897457476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9d193896e---xifadim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20b35d8046---85069899511.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_off0000cfe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F7 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 8e21d98abf08e52975946bdd4c083c2c3318b2fd1562f70adacc0ae19c179a4e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD7 18284 bytes
SHA-256: 078520930bfd7fc83add3ada86d7d0b588f27c990dc81debb5e1daa90f942d7f