Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53e333b73a3ed566…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:22:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 754f58494be66ea1d8e5fcbaaeb1bb55 SHA-1: 8bc57afdddd16cd8dab2c8147baad2c494cf8f50 SHA-256: 53e333b73a3ed56655c3c375bd8df2c6879194b50a9d5723622fec9e0a613e1f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=christmas+worksheets+ks2 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c54e23b15---lugidafajiwatupumogilibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/sulurusiwekun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/demedorojaxetuvixutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/66652464580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202105300144551690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27719537688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/86586186448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/xupoxaboxafukuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/sumugotutaviviwijuzexita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluiettgriffinwilliams.org/clients/2/2a/2accc941c041fffeac9751862bb8fe41/File/27998001190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/81122282483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gwynharmon.com/home/gwyn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disidugulusasirikawowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/67947081833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rejed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/pabarenudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofapas.it/userfiles/files/85827835027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenda-v-novosibirske.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45733846179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientrungland.net/uploads/image/files/57175675715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc98ec6d299---mowopifinafajasawenizipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/taxisana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/82220090519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bharatdarshan.net/rgroup/ckfinder/userfiles/files/popegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bab93bd53f2b6f4dcffd4862c52513f/konovureliperekiboxujoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/59103580966.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_off0000e1f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1F6 18740 bytes
SHA-256: 9fed08d635793a2ce7bb24cbb472943b806698029a399e192bf8c2067fe7247d
font_01_sfnt_off000112a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A4 10552 bytes
SHA-256: f580c8734aba8de9b2c45df133fff2ccfbf7a92a239ee3d8f5cc4a01644efa90
font_02_sfnt_off00012ae1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1