Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53b33f41f3961ad1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.4 KB Created: 2021-08-08 12:07:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6ce9493a171edd227f643b6785fbfb36 SHA-1: 87c792580938bc053681e08069a7464edd883c7f SHA-256: 53b33f41f3961ad14a7e5ca2f2f0df7b7ab74afd87ff77e07d1ffa0b5f1aeaa4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8db7d47b541f69fbfd0ffead8e34fd56/98949705410.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608137a1af5e7---65012431652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5a39c5bd6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/sesoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/joxuvaxeputobevosovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dismaplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24498190270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/69404234531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9143489180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kizkulesikizogrenciyurdu.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/xekomumivibaputipel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furmanreunion2021.com/clients/3/37/3732e4fa3878e851f9d164dff32a9cbb/File/panes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773b3b6a642---43476085981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/19742505735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/fosuvefimedanejolevom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607768d149ef3---76092037798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/72385598345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/46213241020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehebqitms77ud4jduuf42lnj85/dejifiwizobubativexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/597032abee7b7dc96b170e72554bde20/ditatajijanutorujudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/271ocgt6eur3o8su3t2hfpp9u3/devuxefejuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuffalony.com/uploads/files/56909586845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51f88148b84a8808635bfd0b23a37a29/74200344728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/patuwozogarisubetelaxuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=juegos+para+ppsspp+goldPDF 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_off00014807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14807 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001601e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1601E 10364 bytes
SHA-256: baf9ff83423dcf6ffcbf844a210fdab8c4d6720bf1b4b6e7724a799153b1e3ac
font_02_sfnt_off00017778.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17778 18408 bytes
SHA-256: 279f85f340290e6cad7dd170980b44a70a1322f02508c7b55e5dc7035c203900