Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 953ad4a141e7fafd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 12:07:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 58d1ab891da1ed36a40a704617b3b425 SHA-1: 6e777c2123951d276729cbb47936016cadd7793c SHA-256: 953ad4a141e7fafdeb877cf8d898970b86fd9cc9ae546584c01d731da88bc5df
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/50325159402.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ongxoanhdpe.vn/upload/files/1969694598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.milestonesmn.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tudugidoxisuteluwamorof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161325699be35e---17436482154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137675414cec---46157230703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longruiglass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210911_152226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303ddba61b9---tisemenuzix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/zaniniwenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/jaxapumumasefafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/xunizipova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/89880570999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonelektro.hu/files/file/losogewabexugagoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/50aa4e9efc82635def29f265c118df99.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/92945309005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rudinenetisokoxilevabev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://american-security-inc.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54976413397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7dae6fcfa---53809478793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vcelari.naceradec.cz/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2972598833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeuu.biz/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/82202609378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bbd7e084bc---difuzeziwodegajurimorarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7625538934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f3a011058---ponajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/vumewiroselixazidavoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://land89.com/ckupload/files/15261121459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=game+of+thrones+wallpaper+androidPDF 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_off00011a1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A1A 19380 bytes
SHA-256: a6437937a2636662a58bf2c37e70033fd6d1baedc7b73eebf1573e7b7ec822fb
font_01_sfnt_off00014c54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C54 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 8b9b55d51e8b5f99b6a155c61a9e449a9ed9c698dda5ac9b3df21406883d1014
font_02_sfnt_off00016560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16560 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1