Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53b70d875a7a12ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:25:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d24ca35492489c4028b08f0996f3e3b2 SHA-1: baf738b1a29cac9947fb0619bd9c34243e26d723 SHA-256: 53b70d875a7a12ac06ddce64151f88151afbcb0fb9430c3fd9d0e77c02c26f24
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for SEO spam or phishing. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure itself is the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

Heuristics 6

  • 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 http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a930f10c1---7736998218.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97c47fb5a753a738fa2fd5fdea0caeb6/wudilosaguzukix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fac4dd4f1---92695942017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/838468316c751bea5b0bbf6f8b34c95a/dorisizexaniworawuluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49962724064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/75223846326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georeno.ca/userfiles/files/dodilekiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bobecoingatlan.com/uploads/editor/file/gavixopanelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saga.diamonds/uploads/ckfinder/files/23672273304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94787065570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795714d6be3---mewiwexufivaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e196627f44037047c107e99ba497022e/viwetivujekidopegorapig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rutuvasowapinuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f2f4cb54cc34e26936a15503a95efab/86772966458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/34948275219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/zufazivun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609286dd3cb67---muwemibuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec537a4bab0---49903094421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6eb714d262---werokagalapifujatuzikin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4adfae0658a52dae9af8a2242cc65da/36395735976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roletyhanarol.pl/files/file/48508770772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/67727060847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/7551682625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/bomenamupuperiburunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75980283393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=viral+hepatitis+in+pregnancy+pdfPDF 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_off0000dcc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DB 17068 bytes
SHA-256: b4ee0f768b8ff664047ce8b2ec477fad3f5f3f4f7d9ffa84c9dc070466379994
font_02_sfnt_off000120b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B4 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 6e3a3188c3e69dd0cf785614e9be123b01fa18c71c6bf2d427165cf11d5fe59b
font_03_sfnt_off00013983.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13983 1948 bytes
SHA-256: b033f7fcbcd390b2cb396fbb5f03ef01f7ca9afc151f9d9df21604321f961cfa