Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53e488fc8895c7ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:49:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5fb30f7f28d100b74475c76f3673a43b SHA-1: d6b393626fef76fe6fbcc6cca88d567c58bd9084 SHA-256: 53e488fc8895c7ab2906ae08740342a604b1cb38626c92e57d33b9ee4c545580
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. The presence of a link farm and the use of IP address literals in URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 10

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://centrehistoriquesndbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofiwedopipovoraxesifid.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613661316346a---38665605712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa2086a5743c0c35dad71199c8f0b343/21942658217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://127.0.0.1/bantraicay/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58840205281.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://inbjnews.com/data/cheditor/0603/files/21495873706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2aee8fc5b---rifibajewomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romovi.net/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/sirupavepororolaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oris-am.com/editor_up/96360270297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sukhonthip.com/file_media/file_image/file/ruxibivonemagolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.info/contents/files/39249619105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/21270006094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conomiya.com/images/uploadedimages/file/likudopofixale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zechnerbau.at/images/content/files/puvototipab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajeah-intl.org/fck_image/file/40818642049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/funosojofozuxoximifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derya.afmiletisimajansi.info/resimler/files/lufajakojuxozatalemifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/rapoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/fisafilageliron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xamesaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146e3d8d39c3---sojekipux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siemreaptraveltours.com/userfiles/file/77261266595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/nikobemabirodunasewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amicalelaique-guyancourt.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/silinexawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+i+share+photos+from+android+to+iphonePDF 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_off0000e207.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE207 10916 bytes
SHA-256: ea51ed1e9442c5881d5b8d9dfe7417730c42201025d1692dafe26e9bd1f64a1f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB21 18308 bytes
SHA-256: 2886a8c7ab93b4bf36858183ef75acf19b0b7d7083659a1583aa5fd54f80a18d
font_02_sfnt_off00012a16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1