Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5753f4493a4f99ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:06:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ca5399ceb0fd0f8482d2f38bb13a3b01 SHA-1: bd6af2b10ff65035b863922075bde39534a4dff5 SHA-256: 5753f4493a4f99ac1e195e81b65731c134c5d6face43d175d6c8bc02519a7321
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/xebun.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/674c5dd3626e72b1d9ef9795b0e29e34/81607261030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty6600.com/userfiles/file/27019113132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayphotocopydogia.com/upload/files/60102228229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zold-kommando.hu/files/20766625439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dean-cpa.com/files/adminpic/file/47388613744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snypes.nl/img/customer//files/62602080049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeb338353d724683f509c4b80bc436b6/21093986611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/vunaritaluduwikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d864b1d5db775cbdce29675fb9c5d29/81330601630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiendadelbordado.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93687118968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa6a36638f---vilegusujomaninome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elesi.eu/fichiers/files/xenesawenuvuxopurumotinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esperanzadeavila.com/fotos/file/50693983593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b62172654e---wewawutugelewizokosubor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/79393658215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c05f5135530d35e924bb1c9a020b82a/51038859459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gospel-streams.com/asset/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95107957452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab830687804---69781326197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26mbt7jc40chc572p527qg4cfd/97581413631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svx.su/ffile/file/lakurofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/91771584697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nirmalujjwal.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67060176673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=electrolux+washer+efls527uiw+manualPDF 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_off0000d796.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD796 18112 bytes
SHA-256: cb90ff51756e0cec807c3b93813ceee5cf8ff9a6a26556460bd7a89c9a505303
font_01_sfnt_off00010745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10745 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F5C 11176 bytes
SHA-256: e0c599d5d50f50b0f82a7ca189f9d1cb833e74d9f71c5ac676fb9c62ffe4e96c