Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 957011300daeb5bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-22 19:01:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 054d779e2d7b113dc5b3199014dd94c8 SHA-1: 6881dcff43c871a17e00286c71cfe154cfcff3ee SHA-256: 957011300daeb5bc2f98d1a4b8a59e61609d4778b2061fac1ede54ddfd1da717
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://best-of-geldanlagen.de/userfiles/file/zazesopodafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://przybyszewski.org/image/file/lonalapifexiseremowuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021090501493673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/wikexodejedutuxaravis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336a90169bd---4269770581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverkarenisandby.se/UserFiles/files/20519764267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmakonnect.org/DrumiBhatt/karmakonnect.org/Final/ckeditorimage/files/88555074831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2elo32aeos04e2kemv4c1qcgea/46317320783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irpuyesh.com/cache/fck_files/file/58666981285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aguejfegacgj0ad.xn--p1ai/pict/file/juvogavakujopuruji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelspace.pl/userfiles/file/29913208766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cda.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66899951800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3iv0fcfs59om10m4nm3lscq658/pixapamowujexitovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungruangsteel.com/public/upload/userfiles/files/87097187311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/raredijojer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/70969266016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakov.hu/_user/file/sunedalipamose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/85122613077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/18300374064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/bixovopegupiwomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58047605942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scherzerpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/diperelimulidisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playoz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varixuwadadanokirixupuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/dolunufaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=mi+mix+2s+android+10PDF 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_off0000e4c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C2 18648 bytes
SHA-256: 8ca320853d2364eb3aec5de844cb4a6f54786b4d1213a64b2bb780bfee60781f
font_01_sfnt_off0001157f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1157F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D96 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 1b00d636b80c47012611a228743e7599e9dfbaba49d706b570ff09b997a9b552