Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 857a4cf662fede42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-08-28 18:41:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 530c179c11e377a684b7510899364f56 SHA-1: eff7fc6918c48ad9b7648e0253dc997568588397 SHA-256: 857a4cf662fede428ad21a0a2e085eba4493cc18ae1c50551fa5c35977a94208
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing a screenshot to obscure clickable links. The embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a downloader or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dna+histone+proteins PDF link annotation
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/48877384453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdef205e665---70473371925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608791b7e4d05---37166451035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f4fa661050c88da6596b2057340985/88890506074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107f770b1a12---36899433027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khachsansapa.vn/webroot/img/files/97941899530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/tavunega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a2390deecedc14eaad8b2f520a44f0f/52779708844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/9412867666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/si13k9rd8ko8geobkhlmgqomm3/vododobividigovasaninij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f816c7809e2---40137294505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717b7c54cd7---gasozaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///27257144055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c06778f85---fosijover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9unahis20cg2nnjgllkgd90p7i/xuxufubibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartvoicecom.com/userfiles/dilunidisoderolozamix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrewsexes.org/clients/867461/File/gejorijevekoxobolomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veivel.com/userfiles/file/kojekisoxawitatower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/bivigifuzited.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13535449348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161213f282d5f0---46111922065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarissoft.com/img/userfiles/files/lenugunimitotenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4hhtfpdk1dou98uf81gunqqm2/43973966003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a32a4c765---kilera.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_off0000b637.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB637 10304 bytes
SHA-256: 1e910645609c059953cb65e9bd24597801ebfcc13401cad8ace87b24926b92b1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e577.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE577 13748 bytes
SHA-256: 62e0e08000459bd9c78bf4a18bbc082b5ddf757d6ba0d3d6c0879fa30c5c7092