Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b53ec3b3cb8d623a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 13:27:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0b6a2761b66d57f0ba3f6c3b89082355 SHA-1: ee534d41d8e82b45856de2e93e20206ef97b0035 SHA-256: b53ec3b3cb8d623a639410029a27d4aa6632cfb007468b6b6ca06fee99695ad4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the exploitation of a PDF vulnerability to download and execute a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609893fedb7a1---peboxigofed.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/95899411360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtprospectbaptist.org/clients/7/74/74f10a8404da00fab064704771972c19/File/rukazigeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16e4a38d9c---wijoletasufifazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/nenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/91158919776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee276a51fc288b85ce13c5395426d45f/74582139689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e07105bed---xugagubaguluvixova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wifewig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a063f384051823f28c5e08d34229e83b/28426143675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/medafajonupuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7e34c30b0---24899487819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/vuvefubupeveromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a049ee2449---73254222727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedudejedogazawiper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/65882568825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/3271324259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/wofoxezorar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/88184194319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a778a4e627---juliloto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/lepodeboxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/15978275418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d409b5674e6---mugubowexuturavifibafadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb186998088aed9aac3afda2e2137666/sunedatoberososego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=left+join+syntaxPDF 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_off0000fb70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11387 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 17dd9d5c1c5f445964c55a690d6a222e77119392195b10c42e3868053c2b1f9f
font_02_sfnt_off00012b14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B14 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 6a0e049d9610f5bca17c0488742834527aef8d292d35253d1157e6e9512ae3cb