Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53b17e1fa9e908ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:06:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e11ae65bae20355f63c4273d384d6280 SHA-1: bafddafbf1ec3ae97006f1767551e3c3ee997b1f SHA-256: 53b17e1fa9e908aee02d4ed8caaa5bf3ee7bcad467f61f0efd6f65035f8ba88b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38095349560.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/tojezenesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e519b7541e59dfc1351df20805c84997/45081594537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dc6c29063a---tajowusitavobumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/96698021541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup4.com/contents//files/70824253948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-domrep.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/renetubipariwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/vijamexomenusud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myvideoclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/28699187203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rakkhunnursinghome.com/user_img/files/zuzuloror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/39129639292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06ee03e8e47941ae2ffe7e095fe1a8d2/1424780653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banktapeunadana.com/tapeunadana/bank2/admin/userfiles/file/63634415759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/74672998845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/97057960363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1960.com/clients/881088/File/87508637374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8ba8d551e---21548557592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610107dd8d95a---81909414527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/27389690647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105fed445d61---vifopaxaxapixepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raykingcarroll66.com/clients/2/29/292092747e06e0ab09130fa737b110c0/File/boxopamategokonabokivovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/sadizudisukimolam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdlpartnerss.com/userfiles/file/28557159754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65c8901636a44d25da9fba6890c7ff7d/72091929037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehero88vip.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/76223512895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=th5+resource+basePDF 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_off0000c4d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCF0 10324 bytes
SHA-256: aac454df152bdae4faa55d881eb4d5671e0c193f55eaafe2ffe5baf9a36a2356
font_02_sfnt_off0000f462.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF462 16080 bytes
SHA-256: bea2972dd0849272c17c7206707adc95e03454d5dbb5d85e1dff92b3f77b591f