Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a57bb7b292fc8ba5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-11 12:25:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ac834a1a6437fcb6fdc5d1fa5802d00f SHA-1: a4797c3eca223e3362253da6968151d248457f25 SHA-256: a57bb7b292fc8ba51fb53852fb8c99641964c28e13a31c0a8ab4f192187bb534
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a strategy of using numerous disposable hosts to distribute malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+dream+league+soccer+21 PDF link annotation
    • http://bangtutrang.com/upload/files/47207895229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.com/files/usersfiles/files/fokovabebobitakitiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137469e24b78---xerupepiramezow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsyrulnikov.ru/upload/file/81807049309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/bodivusopaxuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021090203014280554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae6b417e7f49dd2cd6dd82fafb85ab7d/27573294881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-7/20210907235914816074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents/files/mepozase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/74123462409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oferta.lt/i/File/5855671368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipcmanpower.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/sisedisotaruvukonubasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gowubuvibiwalejaripokala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmedcentralplus.com/userfiles/file/xawusejosigedepunozonuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c530efe3737508c26a19fc24f0ab48fb/52406422200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vikohasanfiber.com/upload/files/vijozubed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vubigapenijemurusipuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loviparopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/UserFiles/file/nugabuguviwikarivul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theloneranger.tv/clients/loneranger/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30875656679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33314200873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138de56cee33---damunu.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_off0000c40a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC40A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC21 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 6d939f74135f3d14b30458667f8b4017e1be513cd2df228a62a1ab00566747fd
font_02_sfnt_off0000f544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF544 15840 bytes
SHA-256: 9938d3075b9af82468e3da25fff3bc704e6414cd9035513e368efed11f3dbe6a