Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53ab2709fbe138e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

151.9 KB Created: 2021-07-05 11:51:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1642368c666517f3efbe2b4bfb64322f SHA-1: c69bc815a1ea3f81eb55e7cd0818feacc91e2c02 SHA-256: 53ab2709fbe138e151cfbffa0b580334cccb346501d1f00926477c8cf57e4478
176 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 numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PRC/3D content and embedded URIs further supports its role as a lure to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 7

  • PRC/3D content in PDF medium CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=one+piece+ultimate+fight+unblocked PDF link annotation
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57634920199e8ce81506f097e3085d5a/xovov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/48948895981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f01f62628e---62735277348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uiliat6s78c9m6m1496dftadn0/gemunelasatori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70e53288af---rolesawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0d9bc12a6---60636148137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/dosizodoxetizikareganin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49272bfff2e601fad42bd3b2a0fd0bf0/xegir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/584e035bd402e9cc4e0e6a8849a945c9/4527538213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd1031b091---19673535084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/36809589804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/94029647771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/35621602604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfc034c1e9---14245341608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210702091617_16p1l9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/gubizokuwibedaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbefca3fb90---48553695211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7sferpq1kdo2kpks1f2vdtdtn6/41919446327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/31978875556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be00151762---kobufena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsvtgu5k1jjse0s37fhvta90m5/74987356656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://integrotech.com/zdjecia/file/7149983411.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_off0001e1fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E1FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001fa0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FA0E 31484 bytes
SHA-256: 825288e7ed79f97e83c5e12d8dc1bf6b56e9798240762bd9f8ead27e7833b1c0
font_02_sfnt_off000236c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x236C0 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 504dc1024b7b8d981372cd6b32c10212b524edbd97a9c1a49d89ca175f1d8715