Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d53663ea8ed919c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:23:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a16a3750d996f859cb1ff6981791ffc7 SHA-1: 7cbab6fedee4930d98bd1f301937005c5817afa7 SHA-256: d53663ea8ed919c44e755c543a89581b470d36f243455f869679939f39145677
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a malicious document designed to lead users to harmful content.

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/40400421803.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80affcyoc0ac1f6a.xn--p1ai/admin/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taxumugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranagro.com/files/bufodelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/bokezovuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/movazupebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd783e3c3d---kipaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1acf/files/file/fetosivipigapugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lulojebunisaxekikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c0ccc1493ac1f92d89a1fbb9b620886/totodubozatamenelowed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/9315813473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf19347e61425b6e6d19fdfecd397095/61147352725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tl-maskinfabrik.dk/userfiles/file/87196717105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majbrno.cz/uploads/files/dewukijudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lufanudujapebuvigopune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/54565504569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ijj7llf1gl29ho3vjqqficjd6c/37353142593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgdmmtvlln9qjag34pq07b34i0/28616568294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b108ab2b6---76328053085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/61590730630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/55713606942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/64079087427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nijnpjb8b6q0pqk6hmls7g7ba6/91177681121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1feece3229f46ebcc358bc8e0eb94f7/33995380406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yasacompany.com/upload/files/mogugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikra-ekb.ru/files/fckeditor/file/46408896293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=reduced+relative+clauses+exercises+pdf+with+answersPDF 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_off0000d99b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B2 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 0a85d0cf0de5c945e991cea0778df47f9a988fe1e6161f8d5a6c00ca43d79c65
font_02_sfnt_off00010b39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B39 17144 bytes
SHA-256: 77f76d4c79fd79c9d7ad7fa05e5a3ea848fccbd3bdca08f4c9a4dc4f0c819ce6