Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 053b51f31d89d7d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.6 KB Created: 2021-10-02 14:34:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 84cc9cf8643ebb411a52c03168978174 SHA-1: ea4d03ac53e379a232063ed0c9a244087b127058 SHA-256: 053b51f31d89d7d9d1d5edb44757b8830a8dbc401877199733dfe8094c2bf96f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an image-only facade with embedded links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure and numerous external links indicate a likely role as a downloader or redirector for further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://buzyhub.com/files/91103184638.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thaifilmind.com/upload/files/saxojujuxipekojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikikuziviridosezegewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alstar.uz/images/shared/file/zifanizixivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8576025902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camara.acessoainformacao.org/uploads/ckfinder/files/nobokukebamuxoxezetuzuviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaqalsports.com/files/file/22924600385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614afdcf39726---64297139332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kotam4pgej742i24cveor8tmvc/gamajuwifafenenalolone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tessuno.com/upload/files/613fea7f12cd8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bozoklar.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mafirafotemuwazali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinghui.co/upload/ckimg/files/202109170204592817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/29750363102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delannahotel.com/user_img/file/1732702324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecohort.info/userfiles/files/tojigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://health-bridge.in/upload/file/63923214743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovovyroba-nosniky.cz/UserFiles/File/jopezonerakigobizalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehlibeytalimleri.com/resimler/files/gemumekesigoxigopajota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b346aa9060e39a547d4aff37b9797792/63562569420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bb7a21f80---58499410408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namkhoabacninh.com/images/files/38420411105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/tukepavalaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfonsoguiggiarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/3889180750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=different+types+of+wetherPDF 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_off0000ae31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE31 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 7740556b9b2026939124d8787900099979cf534ca1192c3624b0bccbb070a387
font_01_sfnt_off0000c5f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000de02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE02 14260 bytes
SHA-256: f5c2d36deb2c30314edf85050700cc54d943c085d95eab9df00ec962e2fc2184