Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57ef698c0366e09e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 08:51:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 2fd3554666624d1167cb035764c8fd9c SHA-1: 7a004ac04aa8f4e80595902967212fcf93c012f3 SHA-256: 57ef698c0366e09eef5e80231d5cf40820a49fea9bd6177234837c52245f30d9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a common phishing or downloader pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+year+resolutions+printable+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721a8a922f4---44154639229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/guvorikuzaxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5f1673806e6475d54c0d6a5cef023e2/29370570322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/640451195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utopiasacramento.org/clients/0/07/071cdeedc048305be324eb10ab8031d4/File/92013085727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7681febe87db711ca0e07bc8acd77f83/69108781528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608493618e400---pagenivovozafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h9jitgjsv4puv2a6a549ck0a7s/xobugadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d40d243d6---8177423543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c8bd31bd5cc822a6b8a2eeac3ed6b7/zabuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu5oo9a8sjrtmgq73m81342ka0/wugisudujuxupigagigomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecgnonb8avdm3nrqqrkqjem0db/tesozamomunebaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4a30675fd---5360740755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942912c85b3---95358406346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5m2c6fk7p6ef89sk6muc81pf6/5486821862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085947e15d6a---sudomaxabudamexolisazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qos19c52ajsoi90pvlsb68ijpn/menusezakuzega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/bipunenukibigavaboni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hk7q42t4vl1tfdsmrhmi57evh7/witelumap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d381c4e4c3db739f65ca8ef515d09ae/nufibinuzunovavawosilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0evdvqk6bee8unbse72imptv2/22934833804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quaint-house.com/lavimekebarili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1jt4h939uqtgskmr57hv52c55/17070960062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brs.jo/userfiles/files/riwodudefuxuza.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_off0000f497.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF497 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 31ded1250624f753f355fb34c7d7ef9c3e44f8f440399d7835f46938795c6e65
font_01_sfnt_off00010d70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012582.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12582 17044 bytes
SHA-256: 983960f7304c33f1064d80542bce77074a6a415dc8d61b6969c332bd918976c9