Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f57211d2bb951717…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:33:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 174cb81d4f1948276de90022b9899e4a SHA-1: 07e192f0e26b8960be5ca17b8f54a09b3de0db7a SHA-256: f57211d2bb9517173ed96b82892d7cbd3571c2ef2b9e3003156a53bd559f7acc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious PDF files, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier. The embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or further obfuscate the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vehicle+aerodynamics+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71642715097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/mosivogapoxivopibibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/54300392546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getsolarnj.com/userfiles/file/49486376079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/25572237863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d2640b983251ec0498e57dd95afe98f/30524037548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondaotohaiphong.vn/upload/files/vewironirefelifedovotilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northmarking.com/userfiles/files/13747395895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/371aa131f2d5336c36719ae2ed678439/kapewuxeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noroluwotojok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f35d6f2a2ec---xenurogaxoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohingltd.com/userfiles/34803397301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rebavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6242b09f1b---numufupavowedon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21536416883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonovezimolixebodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822a2397018---57334392595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/susebupibexorugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.afoa.org.ar/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nasuxezukamaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d80e3b7a85c31b871eebfd5611a63c/rutojusoven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woori-tour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210620_733EC357056C5E89.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/dadogepodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapluonech.com/upload/files/zariwabuxo.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_off0000d630.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD630 11104 bytes
SHA-256: a76778835ecea6fefdb743134a7e317185d7ae90b170f92d4a9a96a9a4e3674c
font_01_sfnt_off0000efa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107BA 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 548737a04f13647562c80b81cb7ccf9f135769b910f7540b835de47d3fb0941e