Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53e858c772b1608a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:07:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3127b12f987fe0fe7bbb6e4d1d79f625 SHA-1: 6a5f8d47ae30ae159dc2f08d40a723ec976a4087 SHA-256: 53e858c772b1608afc28e27b10d37d1de0e6285b022a640d27f777b271f47c7d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bakery+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://daglichtfilters.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eg1kb49sdvdca0diih6vr6615/96071301368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac48f0402e7---28795946200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b169de522---46104141747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/ritinasutariwevegezowixav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodez.com/pliki/file/razusinilojapixap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/vewaxolelinowajide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gieskestukadoors.nl/ckfinder/files/files/sibolefitop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/nexogasomuvugovinumikevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/jitoruwepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/towovabizigixemisekewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f3865b4717---40189616263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/dofilugedebidisuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/sewapogejelujadijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/gevufirov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/879196de3804d368fcc06ba2cb6b0836/vifupogevifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/15555221327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arendic.cl/files/30746871634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffjk933b2gs598erubo1g66ql7/golutibujenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61pgqhdut5jobdjoevkkq20g65/boseka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radiosmile.hu/upload/file/63355924174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinemidias.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75356683517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af814c16dd898df77e4f604e6b9b848d/89566658688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9e1d35ae5---xunali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashhadgardi724.ir/basefile/mashhadgardi724/files/9323286014.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_off0000c423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC423 21048 bytes
SHA-256: d68ec2f0a66afca8befc1040903f798403de275ded244a7b04e6b1b6d78b23d6
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA93 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 6eb9f4fcc507d06c9b2102d4ff115a7b74ce4c59795f1b11cdf7e6c05cc4a390
font_02_sfnt_off00011206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11206 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1