Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b53d44ade5420e3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:09:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2ab91e96b9247260cfb21492e6341314 SHA-1: e6277cd891f488071542d8d61dc644c1b0eccc6a SHA-256: b53d44ade5420e3f90ca2786caf4287f4b77e53bb18daa41af50fb8d976c0c7f
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: User Execution T1553.005 Security Software Modification: Disable or Modify Tools

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains social engineering tactics, instructing the user to disable security software and execute a command, which is a common method for bypassing macro restrictions and initiating further infection. The embedded URLs likely serve as lures or points of download for subsequent stages of the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+stop+auto+update+in+win+10 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd61d9973f---50094343824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0edb6f0f3408d0c84963b915d520413/74221222253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/70413075847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb48a6e7a92ba3f00c58b56e58107f92/97118026624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/18529401981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congthuonghotel.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/32174295304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/gibaberegesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/56362023443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/38811231091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/70841325053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/toligitogobirupitetiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210523015547162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9bd41f9eadfad46da9460795b6aa330/bodinixefuxanodomojepusin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160feece365007---97075637810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhcreunion.com/clients/4/43/43f38dc94a4d709fe78decf5bd9d7370/File/pubixatedolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/lipuxafifeneke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984a83a0435---wiberepasug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45491817257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/tobaxewovenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eggtesting.com/admin/uploads/file/wuninodukonuwamebifevajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161009c51860f2---91033728963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jogamiskolc.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/potetironuboboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/9842667217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-1/20210601235314731863.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_off0000eaa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B8 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 8a822eced45beeadcb79a7ac498a948b481a195cb930f39ec4f43df3f2323c42
font_02_sfnt_off0001307a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1307A 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 6dbf614215e3359b1d58ae64e58f16d52decc9274b27737ea363de3619bd3074