Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53a996f2a86ba089…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-19 10:16:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 5ec2f36a397ab0b8e0d14e4c844f1138 SHA-1: 803b097e93b42d52fea5e6f7f179c9f469990dd7 SHA-256: 53a996f2a86ba0895db926aeaaf40393ccfdcf0524771b64c311b24427627e55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=strength+what+are+your+weaknesses+best+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eef4e1bdca---fowuribikebaxaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ug40fv7n1u339h3m4niegv8jen/81963437762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandfiltr.com/files/file/sodejamisububozova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/36501483036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/zakizusofedapukujapuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/84522638191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/79938954432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084dd6198407---75359550454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e35ed17c7---tolobimin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/26844201492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agcontraincendios.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/61354112039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4j4rdbmmbgssr286161filrr3/poxanug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/85189981713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamienneogrody.com/userfiles/file/93491753380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/33531062792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094de40e13a2---41867572511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/sagokojuvipizize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/54875605709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df0e53a936---90549374419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheidenschiedam.nl/uploads//file/1817134313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/93937015949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bfed5537a2---88788482818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5030b8f37d4106d522fb80794781a1ea/25886955107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ive-cal.it/file/59588869365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/patagejobuviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eae8a355762c1806f98adedbfebc460e/89638078902.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_off0000e6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C0 19248 bytes
SHA-256: 1df38fa08652b917c7d9befce6484a02edbc1672840e94b6f0a66234fd2fe5cb
font_01_sfnt_off000117a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A6 10856 bytes
SHA-256: ec7f10be8c73cbd7015c6ce75ee6627929dfeb327c2813d6a65647896471427b
font_02_sfnt_off000130c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1