Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e570733ac29f2b95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-29 21:24:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8e34c61ec2d3e5b8e4ffabf61ed96ec6 SHA-1: 29f6875a4cf86038df48072ece07e4f33ba0f7b1 SHA-256: e570733ac29f2b95d1035c20f4c58a7e961b443c64f4e9004724fe38a54ddb8a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. These links form a link farm, suggesting an attempt to distribute or redirect users to 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 0.9964

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://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/gefumube.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00iiamtthk4cs00aoaguv3a1d7/musososisujeditineri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faprosid.com/file/luratezig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074976a60627---kezamusekil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3eaa644682---suwuluwotepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfbab3a646a48dee6074a3c2e9e2f204/88832688692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/pesimanobowewifuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe52fa64ecf---jeraferuralopuwokudotig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64624560518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce41ec307c---vaximotezoborobareduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/userfiles/file/60191370178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/78006112755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aa7c993c944031f91515bf1e6664f35/sokufosigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/nuzutaxemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8155ab1cf---dotujuzegifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ha5jts706mffgg36tkbrthng65/taperakurukenumobonasosez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/rudafopovajolover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vefesudamifelamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2687738aa---puwexisekavukoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/76972869869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geonatlife.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixozusudutuluvibejunum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/rikirarulasene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=farming+simulator+2017+free+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000eca5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA5 11204 bytes
SHA-256: b7eec24fcaf37343fd000ad9a59c6b2961cba9165f8a71d0260e6459eb1625bd
font_01_sfnt_off000106d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D5 16816 bytes
SHA-256: 124cd80ea52043f94a0ee30bc726fe5c474386673031d9507065087086ef3eff
font_02_sfnt_off000132a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1