Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 553df5fdcfe6bef7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:25:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6337c5f744227bccf697beb453a6ee49 SHA-1: 57ea924f3dbb360d96b98cd67a72a0de261521ff SHA-256: 553df5fdcfe6bef779b6c2e4f81ba63d77abe915470f298c475202cbe8d8313c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was identified as malicious by a ClamAV signature and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to distribute malware or redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=turgescence+et+plasmolyse+dans+une+cellule+d%27oignon+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdd915f0e6ee4346b83241eed93e8968/xoxudatarilewamajisuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elesud.it/img_pagine/file/51533467128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balletpanov.com/uploads/files/welugonivusumobix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/88708319924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfdqdqsl5ottotda7rrvummsh4/diwitina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/zeluporumopel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/50808345148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a143b929670063df6742cb752050145c/39424465174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202105/file/1620534599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/63307137594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangtaoad.com/uploads/userfiles/file/22207247091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bb72040cec952934f2ad2d05adeaa97/wopenalox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2ipower.com/survey/userfiles/files/gukivukulufipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e571d3c4d0---momorepifarodotosomegibom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca29f65066ff8b0da3e96960308b2cea/14815782180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6332bf2ce5729ce5bf1586d2df8a3cf/dufinokaneduriwopogumom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragiaocolamsapa.com/userfiles/image/file/7479792911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7166867.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jejinesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaphatmed.com/upload/file/47133119782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/mebawexaxabogudusurov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seednseed.com/admin/fckfiles/file/nemagudafozolipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicdiscoradio.hu/userfiles/file/66822974894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0adbfc55ac---13420755475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/file/42248400928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/fomavatupumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608131634dec9---dasafazanegewuwevilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/katat.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_off0000dc12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC12 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 0911261ebf9e314bf09e631e41d66e3a9ffad109f9cc866cddd314783fba2562
font_01_sfnt_off0000f60f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF60F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E21 18712 bytes
SHA-256: b6799941f1deab74f214b464f5cfbdea231a63c49701aaa378139c3ee5f1d4d1