Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53c5e3bab133c804…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-11 05:52:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 25aef8ae50b3a1a387e8eca3514fb53e SHA-1: 77095dd6d2ec661f3eb5209c0b3ada8184c6ed52 SHA-256: 53c5e3bab133c804fa9006b2df5c7a6b4dbcf732125b643ff0a5b2a4320c2e81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via the embedded JavaScript and redirect links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://chieucoingason.vn/files/safopubobiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://likebarcode.com/image/files/20210910_234606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32453205186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/ribekamijabituduruleweva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olynskiconstruction.com/pics/file/65988691293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ocptecnology.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/62281582280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29470288746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hennel.hu/sources/elemek/file/lovirenuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-11/20210911064345629552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techniq.ae/admin/uploadfiles/file/99010961778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a439528c7---novikakuziveneduvoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613925dc75d01---nijoverurifarimopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/dezelinotebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sigajifuloveketafadul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydungphongphu.com/uploads/files/pitumivozus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kigimex.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75335891282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5majb1kq9kuga0krvn5khr5dql/matiwixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355653ccd3b---dakokapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da3ccecd60c8e1b826085432bddcfd90/sofoxiwufaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/pawimomow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.li/upload/xilusegimasemuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/losoxidapisitemibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifeline-sports.com/files/file/dikewabanudoditanuxigelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstechno.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/72310586026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=good+fps+games+2021PDF 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_off0000e708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE708 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF1F 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 3204aa54e20ca4c1c72d15b450f6ef7932fb75f7e2e0bd0377f24772c3a86a08
font_02_sfnt_off000117b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B6 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 48741e70566798776b7d2fc303cee40fb37aeb9dbe89905babe500ee2f20c6a2