Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57eb9d41db23334d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:28:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4ead94eff3c75e8a1baa473e3ca8ee0f SHA-1: 08b2efc6614e14fa9c3fc774bbb1f4fcf5096b6f SHA-256: 57eb9d41db23334d65d4b5756f0772b0ce3db7be07b30cd6f0c3431e07910d41
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm directing to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dde2f2f02833f9ee61a7a8eed28af8f6/33314506005.pdf
    • http://sasnowosielski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowulo.pdf
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgf2qbqldusv5ns33mcm7ocvs1/wavavafu.pdf
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qv361q4r2eumb7ifn0h8hccn2i/jovunubataxis.pdf
    • https://voyagerf.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2ce212b5194fcf74fc54551b005978e/xagitowijudigal.pdf
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9c60ot0fsjcltgvg4brcvmps6/36241366015.pdf
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c883c459f1---45878939996.pdf
    • https://aglogistics-bo.net/userfiles/file/91210728277.pdf
    • http://thietbimaugiao.vn/Images_upload/files/zetule.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c851b15ca70dcdd93fff6eb3e3c8ed60/xupesomediberovepo.pdf
    • https://bloc-immo.com/images/vigob.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ph6nbque883vi87j1obb5civ2s/zuwewafivarokexajinuzali.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f406897e9f2---moleguxojoranubumiw.pdf
    • http://chinasoftcore.com/userfiles/file///90796474971.pdf
    • http://atya.eu/files/file/50075827785.pdf
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/buzosokugimoguzisevejep.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df58b13e249---74884950853.pdf
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93ae5aa9568ca97b436279191efa5f34/gubuwiw.pdf
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/paziginatujafarokiwulika.pdf
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80dc0a8e2d---fewogamageziminazenalo.pdf
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/rurufujofupetuxapabijex.pdf
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9030acv42kqts6umb8sg2dip1/zovapogageneviviv.pdf
    • https://dalycity.com/wysiwygfiles/file/76686515852.pdf
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/50270123919.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+client+server+architecture+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_off0000de46.bin
145e5cde6d63544acbe64551510702a5fa11ad51bf7e7005ad1f4be605e37fcf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE46 10756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6f6.bin
641405727813dcd55a8425d15d68f39201a4ca02bbb64310da448d6dfe46bb5d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F6 16640 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121c8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C8 16792 bytes