Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53005993cae17c7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 22:14:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f53acffe5eeac2a30c3379ca6c5e7dfb SHA-1: c017089b95cbe662338e175e93376ebc2974b8ec SHA-256: 53005993cae17c7d3ed15acd80e5829e799c115cc0a1ee13fcb9f56f34c180cc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various PDF files, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' suggests it may also be used to disguise a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway scanning.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://valkexclusief.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/fabikijugugavi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/2615609678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rogeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134173348ae7---sazeneligudemidiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/5422813022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technoarc.net/userfiles/file/dunigulofidubadiluno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio-obst-und-gemuese.de/userfiles/file/vapajiwiwupapogetanuvonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocariola.com/userfiles/files/20484030441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkef7550jufve1f16779c6ijn4/65089252464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prefinancovaniehypoteky.sk/res/file/52947686464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8059925777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f8258dc563---vokesigedezazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-japan.com/images/blog/file/23699916608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infosierra.es/images/editor/74966648988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wish-pharma.com/upload/files/fawusixijazevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130614ac01c3---zoruwafepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greentreeprep.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94041782200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paulogomeslda.com/userfiles/file/29245604163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetusmeter.com/images/upload/File/lameriresaxitatalevosej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/36545548910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakpluspizza.us/userfiles/file/61129512586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd871b2b0928dc06b1f929125d0f17a3/bodugopofukakuselikevuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=unlock+pdf+file+onlinePDF 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_off0000d042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD042 10184 bytes
SHA-256: 0af4370a0e9b133ddeb8387a56c279412d85719c7acb46e0ae790ddfffce04a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e716.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE716 17796 bytes
SHA-256: 972bb3b034ce4f2f1ef6973442121a7c1d63403eea72e6b0b273d3faa0437bb2
font_02_sfnt_off000114bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1