Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53f2eabf5299d6ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:20:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d34fc7d5b3b167aa84920cc256f65e69 SHA-1: d858978034dfda785100d39c3e136c2fa4a0ba99 SHA-256: 53f2eabf5299d6ae15243fdaec6ca483505350187aa8590a78d752eba53aa61d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan PDF. Numerous embedded URLs point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to external sites via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=which+is+bigger+63cm+or+6m
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c988f1555f2---kuredalugozinedojudapuduj.pdf
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/wikijop.pdf
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6nsoec3rapbbbamesvekj7454/bivozukikewej.pdf
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/woparoderenokokosar.pdf
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f3j7amqtlach9or3ah69371n0/xijonakamipatovuloziwen.pdf
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/76756461961.pdf
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9inn4fuvevlok14t5oqsase2mq/suliregu.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5efd447dc6---tidavilugum.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f955c59a40c29fedfa2113355fd06aaa/91979590956.pdf
    • http://skyfestival.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72577174051.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a7f8cc43acae7d0142c215654f4c62e/70967058016.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f567c7e4c---gezevawizapalule.pdf
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/97370828795.pdf
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r3kgr7mrincgmorh3erhi8d687/63912643976.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad893d0473---zenudob.pdf
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d60b1209072---98858553205.pdf
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0da1b3fe9b97b564096f69f09238e95/58034775213.pdf
    • https://tasleemdubai.com/userfiles/files/podunedasitugitegere.pdf
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacef8ec1e2---sobariwoxulo.pdf
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/dinerino.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d3835a1ab---69665969589.pdf
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/nejatopanazo.pdf
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/xagikuvotanagetikogimev.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1pqdii0r6tkrtq9vcj1lpchd78/revalefaperadolusukawigiw.pdf
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/44786365991.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed51.bin
2a3a1d41e16c55172c978a98ac2edf0aa0bc6d46e89350cc678b81d7f0003ecb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED51 10740 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010617.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10617 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e28.bin
bfc7ce51a1a9b37382af61f0075eb0cdb972126da031002d338643432d80e6e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E28 16252 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013404.bin
ade43b5844f20581976e969e71109651f7228e22403bae33dc6d7fe0a828a8e7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13404 17132 bytes