Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53c4bd297e2c6887…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:28:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2e3390ddcdccbfd217b38d4307a04dd2 SHA-1: c6a7830dd86ae55267d50ff7e116f04547ddd381 SHA-256: 53c4bd297e2c6887bcf73cd7081153e3a57c0d70512169fb1e9da4a7667e3e1a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of these links and the 'link farm' heuristic strongly indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9863

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779d137510b---gafefemiwupate.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/56529523513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/63042505881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607394b1794a4---91089854775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofupingame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rasibinozotugave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6da180d162---61371525986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog//file/kewezikugidovonisaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/melosolopevoginuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d4236d187---45066182312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b82bac78d96---rowegesikatikuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1hbfebe2gfc4fghjt5a8qjf53/dasumeguvitokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alariel.be/userfiles/file/jurubolobese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900e5643ca4---razavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feg.vn/uploads/files/mukowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfbadalona.net/ckdata/files/74928906904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salukool.ee/upload/userfiles/file/38899342761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/81343599383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/dakifojakagoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa6d57c3c184a31d7e8460190ac56032/57841035129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hak-al.com/resimler/files/14523619549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edc79a53c3c9a86bbdcabc23bb09d8e7/79040210830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/54195334200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609112b695fc1---33977034251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/60299137230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrybusiness-crm.com/ressource/devis-photo/files/rukupujizuronevivifumirep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161265c1bd0c9a---10714832481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=hybridization+of+carbon+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/bafozerugutulevukawubitu.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://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_off0000e081.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE081 18276 bytes
SHA-256: f1506813fa755ead3a5b4dd33abff2e19c4a988f088eb343a2eb448cd66398d1
font_01_sfnt_off00011016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11016 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 35513946c4460d87c9bc8a92a9f0cce9998113fa62b572b115f482ccd215c992
font_02_sfnt_off0001281a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1281A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1