Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53862607c2db269a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-20 14:48:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5b8129f9b2f3332e3febbcff2cb8346f SHA-1: 957d6db7896f5512dabe43e86584f82f68b4001b SHA-256: 53862607c2db269a08b0c5b8a324b95064ec3cc6299de7008b0f9b298b81c435
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a download button lure reinforces this phishing-like behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a98dec70dc4f5863e7c54d133a8b8c39/zefofitasexijupulagiguvag.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.romanschatztruhe.de/img/files/56801392413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210513190028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reylab.com/userfiles/file/94884728958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/62883961067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lejuriste.ru/files/file/jibemukusunufado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610074208b917---degosezikulerogagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/jakizorigafupefufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c38e322df---wuwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086eaa3a609f---15097487503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nothingelsematters.net/pharma/images/files/16838333567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40b3526c2e---sipisubuxofuxakivibaxofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2db488890---15920761082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608675cb31ae5---xafefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fr8bqstfbp6hocj3ntfkhpco53/dibusufepevewaxowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c723a700a61d5aba89dc337bff647e3/zekegidolazowipinos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/16148877568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/34889919382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chulatutoracademy.com/chulatutor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27132485906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kerugepede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cc7843fc2fce7ccad0bfce7e6d85bbf/95146958697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalton-english.com/userfiles/file/zagumunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/gukifefegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31575428773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alubiasdetolosa.com/files/galeria/files/34674110802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=angular+material+datepicker+format+momentPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B5 1732 bytes
SHA-256: 5b3c947262022625ef2d4cfb2d0fa10a94f23c97611fd4c7364bfcc62a76ce6a
font_01_sfnt_off0000edea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDEA 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 722a42fb1c4f96c1e3464ae8ec54249b5c5becfa6498de772a5bb97652ff6652
font_02_sfnt_off0001072c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1072C 18504 bytes
SHA-256: 0fe2da8b5acb6717aacf700a4414a55d22a98397e34f537d1203fadd43e7630f
font_03_sfnt_off0001368e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1368E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1