Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f57198bb2fe16728…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:55:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6b98fd774f491a6d79ea987c472ca841 SHA-1: b85c191c8e3108029083d7632fffae1926fffed8 SHA-256: f57198bb2fe16728fd7b3ffca05afaa647fb912d39559a96da3c87f5b41b1332
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pocket+devil+android PDF link annotation
    • https://chilegastronomia.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/rugakagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phunhai.net/upload/files/51819004015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81121627409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/rupowawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/jizizivigesegigape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adbbbaeqjtsflbfms0e.xn--p1ai/pict/file/genivixalugukijiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boras-sjuharad.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/wuvujaxivebuvowude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyroglobal.sk/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/62946268861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butagallery.com/userfiles/files/32058408501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunglenguyen.vn/upload/files/19b37a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/88023830113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130dcf761607---zipiropuvul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614162ded3100---belukirolab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sowlindia.com/userfiles/file/guzes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/25603474953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piphoto.tw/uploads/files/202109080518592207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410d5e17603---92247671397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicompk.com/survey/userfiles/files/saribuwubopojubuxinevuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-13/20210913211547187007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/921fdc6272a0513d510f095ab05ecbf8/xefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a792eb14322ecd38713312e9b7caff3b/nazodaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/kamurukiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345ef5ea418---kubilovepoputosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents/files/62584281695.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_off0000dca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA2 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 4223b9b9d14e50a8d25dce400b93f160886a8c761dd4356d9dc104c67a662885
font_01_sfnt_off0000f427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF427 17296 bytes
SHA-256: f56eb30ef6598bad081ce079b06b77c92660a6890be30a99fb8b375fd529438e
font_02_sfnt_off00012103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12103 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1