Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 657b95e04bc989b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:01:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 97dfc7f955125e7120a383cfb730461a SHA-1: e247ed933ea57d9768f1ca3e0859eb1b591bb6ff SHA-256: 657b95e04bc989b8b7373bf399f133429ae8dff067cea2fd6667c52dbd04144a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. These links are structured as a link farm, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htgt8mc1apiesv3ch78ueadvq6/mesowoxenexizofoxefozon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kimdaiphatsteel.com/Images_upload/files/1585255100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/50610773019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829169cf56d---64164128460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/22625377602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ehjbhcs1jo8k6d4o28oh3v1b7/gewodadofasotigor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/82905296664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d324d427a---67268651876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4c470447971c532a0eb495c1054f87a/jisivibigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/fosekesegapijanawerixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20044339135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deforma.it/userfiles/files/8943297318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-schools2.com/userfiles/files/22303725159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolecasetta.it/userfiles/files/60117133749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c636a2556def8344ee7b39c5c7551bb2/vifaroxotuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/82161703542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-etalon.ru/upload/files/55935587116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tristar-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ralotenijafufojujuzikak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarytattoomachine.co/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/13599847471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/fevesiduleputumuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083249aa8be1---gunonap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/xasanidulegidutumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/sekadazabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=evolucion+del+mrp+a+mrp+ii+y+a+erp+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000bc22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC22 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 53540ab20de0dcaea2678f832f9e8cc25d7a4b0b5ca90683d7a0e43bfaaebb3b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF4 15796 bytes
SHA-256: b5c11e52e999fc1f49a3d05674fbf639ffea2ad44f94a3e72f578242f6ab9a6d