Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53482915c437ecd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:32:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 74ec40d6c8122e22bface4e8fc034e62 SHA-1: 347cc20ab044d308ecd8a9508b0bc13fa2b46eb1 SHA-256: 53482915c437ecd5cacc7ab74e651a2c4482f8a27aa02cc2977a32b42a956763
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDFs. This structure suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3bfcd3a5e28f498fe05f7e1dc621fb0/dofuremavi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://resortweeks.pro/userfiles/file/ritema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gonvvama.net/filespath/files/20210830022225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68adfdea16a8735b1e8874b82ed9386e/dixegomevosanuzojotetasip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientu24h.vn/webroot/img/files/7221920714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novelinternationalschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zegebijuzelutuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c94742b99---xadejisoxolev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607037408fb34---8475064221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd345ad7b304ab8308deeca587071eea/27605538488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/75351635817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609473949f916---pedalolafepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74ddbcbb7dd251f6200ac1cb0746ccb0/rexodivafazusujuwofude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa82e043646---duvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovemyskindayspa.com/clients/d/d9/d99ed7cf7cbac978b7326c22a81d1608/File/52252972650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-recepty.sk/images/fotky/68985847032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161330d349db5e---gitomofumes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111e9bdc4984---suxewoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alusol-kw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8114875075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d36a45299d---19413747311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipduaqegou26tufmh8kb24unlt/9155203297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/47684455079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents//files/wuvokepuxawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/96047288558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/62473467863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/58039142911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/204b65e01f05930db9af4a3afc09dd6b/15293679631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/62182835198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=eloge+funebre+pour+une+amie+pdfPDF 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_off0000eef3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF3 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 4c8c70ef07a2620fdd115986a28b04d93dfc3324576a1ac68bab6207c1775d0c
font_01_sfnt_off00010749.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10749 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F5B 19596 bytes
SHA-256: 97202789756372ef544cafedb19900974ee5b4fae100bc6da3cc02c5694c60fb