Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b53c82b0f4ff2e59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:09:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cf09db66810fa61bba9a2e0929845ae3 SHA-1: e2e022ade30190b56bbb56fe5527b8b960efcdca SHA-256: b53c82b0f4ff2e59cdf5798f7ea7a47d11cf10962e79c29407c7c2a93684a6fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/redizixi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/vusufibaxevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c4032e682---75598519832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/jaresulazefanoxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608145389e3e2---giseliku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/feteveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/68660967195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879d98506bc---xatubenoripejedidunedan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/12329152566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-kip.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8442451340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/49542149927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikansambel.com/contents/files/57298730782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denge.aero/upload/files/zepevemajimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvilar.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/vobulirajifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wanna-drive.nl/files/File/56546559780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murito.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10791203883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8677093d9cc4253558aac88fa36623c/94450657857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xobumowolumodufetopazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7aa363da65---41436389362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8753be5877621977c2cded758aef36bd/51284055711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/jolusujavivafobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bced7af25e---fowedonepotarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/jibabipokizugudutarofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecce12c90f4---97019539254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612885318ebbe---72385070917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+chemical+reactions+worksheet+answer+key+matchingPDF 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_off0000c7a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7A7 16688 bytes
SHA-256: b1fbf77d7950d11a43a6a1187040e97bc8730d8d122f232261035c0604812981
font_01_sfnt_off0000f297.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF297 11160 bytes
SHA-256: acfdfa6bb3e5d078a30aeb15aadb83aa1b97c154d4dcdd2185b2af9414d58773
font_02_sfnt_off00010c60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1