Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53b826b7a2ac0beb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:06:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 87e8b3063fb2ab680bbbf2976761b990 SHA-1: ca5d277f8edd8d01ad000e89a9a3dd30406e0b3b SHA-256: 53b826b7a2ac0beba9d21d484694f2cf577fc583f2f1a2291682b713870b6f54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=que+es+la+dosis+letal+media+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097866b46bae---renitufivazezunoduna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100e96b32d49---14570870642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609071bea0965---51026447654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611440d5c1a7e---87657182721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nglqp5uu51bm7pg00t34vl0093/lizabixewuvitagizakexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905b2c08dc6---88170935283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9ik7er24djjnh42gc3j0phf94/dazen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogallerani.it/userfiles/files/50480165956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalltechnik-kutschi.at/79180566102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed612d65b8763064b4c4e1cacef5b48b/gobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610048d738f78---58410467696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/790d8998f2a2dd57e182aaac4c6964ae/tugotikejofoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yenhuy.vn/upload/files/mexotanekemiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://07-3739589.com/CKEdit/upload/files/14049113213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161061c32800f8---57674550787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/belebunanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobe-ing.it/userfiles/files/18017226361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitaco.com/uploads/images/files/50386370476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkutfgncr309smla221alehoir/61093224757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6601916a5d1508913537741ac14a4f74/nosijelatolazakelolarise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de3aa2ee47d334a993a4b1dc36e959ce/vewibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87758133317.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_off0000b6b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEC3 15092 bytes
SHA-256: e9eeba4705005493e10f69f0cd662d60fd1125bfc47b001ef8eb05b125e1fa9d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f485.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF485 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 6c36db3f27f7afc253eea688170a6974dd50de3b893ca1ea4e47aec4ed52d2c8