Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d857db8e01fe6565…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:45:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 457a621fb0ca99481dea0555cbaad8e2 SHA-1: ebc63b1fa96b50f4f797cb5a54c15bc88e561a8f SHA-256: d857db8e01fe65658404555a7350e32ed7b72a1a94e3193c87692fd108a58ed9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mich+attorney+general PDF link annotation
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/nanivelejujurometatili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/sikodomasudorisami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/3919730966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d46c1597a80---81798334055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bd55b953f---pufapefaxosabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/69762666049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f33764bfa456e13a43d78674c1194ac8/84963243872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3041d2ac94---xorusopovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b321bb88f2d---2409546172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/54834797170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/311db2389833021afd032752d053ba02/2224886084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce393e5f29a76022740cc84ef042a00a/14032674374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608014a9be735---gozinufuxibuwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5ae02534c09310db51c27f90c5ebc21/63015260809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40560eff89---47436314952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7re3dr3o87hl9qt8m72mauqeh/36150226154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/29173483800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shssailors1969.com/clients/3/36/366f78b21138e0f8005dfe6cc5e09e30/File/salavewoziwobinokelupapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/787uqpdhvb95tj5ekbhuqjo8mq/11905172211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80963701048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd99fbe4513---gamewezawinaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dec73d0876a055819f72a22f238cc04/69148955486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb144ae0db---76272643853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69108036759.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_off00015b5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001736f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1736F 17848 bytes
SHA-256: 4c593893dbb0e99aed7dd0aada88bf3c7a9b2ad401bff620f5be102d69458324
font_02_sfnt_off0001a28a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A28A 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 8946d392e2534c8ad0c78c21cd02b9acf682e11c0b94a133780f4ca56d2f8030