Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53d381f3299daf1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 09:42:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 45a61050a41eb37e43152b4679c4f2a3 SHA-1: c988db2dac10d8f155ab153846a01e69b786768e SHA-256: 53d381f3299daf1fc2b0832f68fe4e3d7f393d466d774cd9aeb157741f9c8b67
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The document contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minuet+henry+purcell PDF link annotation
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/tisawakabanitufasunalufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosaison.fr/userfiles/files/saruzupesizexulumez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210603203122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4be02899a---9278867942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16085ba386ea7d---vemovirubugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e5b6595fe---xizewob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff7b3d4808---59506959495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6ded2c9cf42045c81d4a726861e5edb/kixozujudaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6bbcfd4d53---27982795890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/jimopakaliraza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://englandmatchshirts.com/assets/file/nusevowir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/nulutepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de2be0fc6dc893b959614884d70e38dd/74047222889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/sasasovegujobijarodofuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607718ff8c26a---44444567358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2bd4d9faf7---10028251459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a598c2a5202---5914207752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41c9c373b7---5756895695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/kumefat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/kelosabogogilagabowite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/50882917306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a92cc1de70269066836772b3511a060/18439368772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82d3f1e9c9---vekigotofexokidilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/virowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/42918461478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/renekudugewem.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_off0000c312.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC312 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB29 10228 bytes
SHA-256: 832f6db9fe31c3a5aa9d12241280c2a84abfbe0851c6475df762e67d49b7404b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF203 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 9a206896fdf0eaee3b0094a661f5be772f465d6721c3772fbb6d4d4243ba0f26