Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5753ec9b3341f612…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:42:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3a8b1a3d21faee90364efd224c0d207d SHA-1: a27c15faf45ba928b4435fc111f3fe1cc149ae8e SHA-256: 5753ec9b3341f6121b903f523c42f32b69ba2989fef391be2c82d802774ca887
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://bronia.org/userfiles/file/burilimanilenat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://status.cz/UserFiles/File/88294007859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mq67l7msc90a0l6n9pokl1odgv/55219029499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786472ae717---sexosekikapovotud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/2179412017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thekolkatapackersmovers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39360531882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f55a61b36---36016250825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126fd470141a---24879733802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voyagerf.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dca7666007ef5003aa21bcfff7469c71/78357920401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/mamipowodad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/judulekodipid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1cae05c660---lidikumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/xeduvagiwivulanotibabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f8e464b80---88433255171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/53178064662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16902635fd4019880ad4825281e6e4b4/zovapowasokojubuzuzuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/85739819003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610064257cf00---54992163003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com/fck_files/file/7015188565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2bdb613cb---5438535809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalltechnik-kutschi.at/55010600205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanaf.ru/userfiles/files/54537279990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=traitement+de+l%27hydroc%C3%A9phalie+pdfPDF 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_off0000e2a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A9 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 0a45468216a093596c74cc8ad80d13b8f20d6d7dbfd7a7b569ff0985019ad8db
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAA 20384 bytes
SHA-256: 5bce342f5838979235fe012507935f62f497b4f88f30a99cd3d980df9f765f53
font_02_sfnt_off00012f57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1