Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b53dd1ca29e9621d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:00:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a6c06fd93e7bbfe763aeded8c6943e57 SHA-1: a8cd8cbf7e802ee7715a2f5bc994505f4c08b6fb SHA-256: b53dd1ca29e9621d58f481b38566fbe85b49c4805e70a635f1dcce8340bb936f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a malformed PDF with exploit streams. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to these external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=servo+motor+construction+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/murekeragezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607157fae63f4---vuvutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90e86520f0---pefozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oio8gi8gs7mejhtbg0194fnan2/wanaxifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l17qdv1ofqgf7jv444e3ilbr3e/12023772970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavio.su/files/file/52322205720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/79613182043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/35059799192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbico.vn/uploads/image/files/benoninedagiwoguzafuwoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dfc4f5265b347054b21405f69004952/bigozidizekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/safijokiligaziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejedasoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31d6222baa30af1555030b09a9faeec1/98766158569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/wugugiberuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubfila.in/files/file/lalabajeromobimupokite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skikk.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/9162635647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radioevangilereal.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/jaxabuxaseguxonida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dannysacademy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87890886467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a859818dd2---nizirenukegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/mixabigajetuxipokoxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/63944688426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d357671b5c---riwusatodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df6d42456f---vumaluvegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b37327bca076a86e45c57c96ae468aac/12020759306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c59b8f3f4414eda15458e67a61a0620/92827109534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609860002e166---41969798276.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_off0000ebca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCA 16760 bytes
SHA-256: 0d15076f06f8c9b43ced4ad8a27856fb4b8b46430f20a484d86e2c8d4572c814
font_01_sfnt_off000116e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012efe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EFE 10812 bytes
SHA-256: df187e6c3189835139a730d7edb989f01ea7464e2c502b56d319ee0bd49f79bc