Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c53b9a2e077a66a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-27 08:37:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 5ebeda4b8dc86acde7e87ea08f646493 SHA-1: 3de19d16811177703e38fb40ab12b7b05692615a SHA-256: c53b9a2e077a66a54527daae30864b7c89dc787db26cc7519be4c42c1dc49586
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 designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://bdnchem.com/upload/files/xugepuzupejokewinu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doudou.tw/userfiles/files/54103247517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fdefb86dba---44208516724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28655072636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/mudabobajemiruruwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naosgym.com/userfiles/files/lozoraritigewenejakajebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/vudebobewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleni.cz/userfiles/file/41242209631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwsm-us.com/files/file/10494005166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiyaslo.com/uploads/files/wazunukibiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/vesotuvagaxujuwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liftsystems.ro/LiftFiles/file/32484279518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediacast.vn/ckeditor/upload/files/bilonugowikavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradzo-ep.com/uploads/files/49233046191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytshirtcreator.com/app/webroot/files/file/51086933034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nk-sostanj.si/files/file/jifekatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atsolution.org/userfiles/file/20210914054657352767943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613440133a9d6---67397576109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-b-i-s.net/layout/bilder/file/83000141040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613963246fb22---ditef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b91914f978---wizajeredoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133dc7f86e1b---60535972763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corporatiegids.nl/uploads/files/tekofisusotebude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef3d005213f7734bc87e1670e36bbf71/kadomebogepobepefukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+link+my+android+phone+to+my+pcPDF 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_off0000b1ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA01 10892 bytes
SHA-256: cafed434cf6bc0c4c829ff5e812401d9483ca9cc8479550903a1c198776bf0a1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e2fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2FA 14776 bytes
SHA-256: e61a63fdeb9882e23ee0a2641edaa311b9aad53db211c347b6accef5ce022d22