Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53300f66ad50d81d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-28 13:59:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 1d5143eb07ac8930dc5475a1e1c9bc7c SHA-1: 1fcb5e35df30ec69c3720fb7398a72f49e9b2734 SHA-256: 53300f66ad50d81d3cd64eb4f53165c1f8ac12fd05816b3e5e5ab7ccc05d49db
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, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=university+calculus+early+transcendentals+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ateliergermain.org/sites/default/files/file/74262283925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pxmonastery.org/CKEdit/upload/files/92375393865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocphuocjsc.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/32456127527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abzesolar.com/uploads/files/44262019335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezokniga.com/uploads/file/39114757398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammatrans.com/userfiles/files/25197143129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/sasipovujanimaxube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tupnate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xodovadigomekojusogemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startent.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/nizobimeferanewidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbianninh188.com/uploads/files/19547918677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essentielles-theater.de/UserFiles/File/bupenabokalozajasikepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibanghanoi.com/uploads/files/ginejivorazut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifeline-sports.com/files/file/sezijefewogunabubapeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/53049565432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/gatazafozojezakemugax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/440fb2628871a460853b0be0ae9870d4/kajagadofuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaonhaphatphap.com/images/uploads/files/jijemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78a5699e804a531a942db4b99f209709/nojukunakugazefakopuwiluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/96049678240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fruitssupplier.com/app/webroot/img/files/77618451574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/daxagig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/kabogetakegizefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smsenerji.com/resimler/files/kuwozotexada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e525f09d5bd47ba4407eca4fcfcf7bb/29527728624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/44086024832.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_off0000b403.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB403 10780 bytes
SHA-256: e6d78870d0e5a5c2f04b836575ceb5f0bfe9ba9c768c76f8c87ad032f012b8cf
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD06 15412 bytes
SHA-256: 8e2fb5f3dfa5613c5fdda893aa4c4608e72243912c13cd01367d921569fe7f84
font_02_sfnt_off0000f336.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF336 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1