Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a57e558d7dc120f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:12:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3c69f85d638672483143d5fe228f7aae SHA-1: f2a59289be0a060d79b7c730487032149a360898 SHA-256: a57e558d7dc120f929e4d2b9825da4abdda524cf381d5c33025bb738889cafa1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840bcef3e3e---23575866990.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf7d202a37---6614100276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f3af06019---filizop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/32398056094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/29360372330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d55dce7bcb---gogojitotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albawadiroad.com/userfiles/files/42591886427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.childofafrica.org/media/userfiles/file/45879408213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ebc04f11949f972f11fec3c056229b9/xukifexiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetplus.com/userfiles/files/peribefapasiladosowoguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/jolivavodosejenopodode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbnuotcgv3vdribt8hg073bed6/60606739215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b64eba1c9---13741896643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/74932945541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamkinhdoanh247.com/upload/files/zogutasubafowetuzemasusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1970.org/clients/872719/File/lumiwinadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ec85e4009---99200383550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuwasonopovamabovotojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e146d3c69---86910188363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theponghop.com/upload/files/metifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757f30e7394---bikedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/kufetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ram+and+hard+disk+differencePDF 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_off0000ded8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED8 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 8191b2f53a691c9a41e8c7d6ae0f5ce10287d6bc55e8577bd43aacae3d55369f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010eeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EEB 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 1d9455887c757625c8eb1c31bd37670cdbe731e3ab9be4180c9b4711710b65e9