Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57e95099238147cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-01 20:41:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4f363ea3096670077e7ead8b41ae04f8 SHA-1: 4e42a4ffa0224af30a73eda3303a6f8fc3c58176 SHA-256: 57e95099238147cc2508b1fd80c135893743cce2e7a31e25d935a41871fd49b5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://schmitz.cz/res/file/kugupawuz.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a775e849ca77ea47da5c70f18446550f/5460254409.pdf
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/images/news/file/ximomasenigazulaw.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607793f0011de---kekanixadosepe.pdf
    • https://speakingparrot.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zosulofadarejegifinemig.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c869cd1bd35---guruzi.pdf
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-26/20210626031604382320.pdf
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ef56c7fa0c9750e3658fb54c689bbc7/jozus.pdf
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/xubigokun.pdf
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liginolagaxozubise.pdf
    • https://mintedimages.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3860728341.pdf
    • http://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/vovivupukubuposafovus.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/275fd4b682b39b172333f32f7e1db8f8/83277553826.pdf
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lipezupob.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/31702696391.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/205e46247bfefa73ae01d51eee77ef1e/muvaxob.pdf
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uauuj9318ivkvi46hvguugku70/38147678310.pdf
    • http://ccapostolicchurch.org/clients/1/19/19d200bce63520a637954fb60b162b1a/File/vapav.pdf
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0c37b03ddbfec0af8516d94a2087985/vutugifisiruwiroxoxududox.pdf
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa09046599---93521720049.pdf
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/90894681126.pdf
    • http://a-aqua.fr/ressource/site-image/files/kozidozokikexija.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=barracuda+message+archiver+outlook+add+in
    • 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_off0000f10f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF10F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010926.bin
c7806fce10f33b78e1a83cbd5a2191bf95ed350ab8df7e85cb646b38b322aaaf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10926 11128 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000122cd.bin
58ec96d23cea6f1e2d5a2938ab81a512510d0516b98c70875d57397505f5105f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122CD 18160 bytes