Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d53760de7bb8149a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 13:08:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 54278cb1d1b13cd88b7ef53c219de3e5 SHA-1: abfb7ad8e0309b54a855745fd9b8e8f01abfe80d SHA-256: d53760de7bb8149a2d6d0f42439c30e296ee9d502432a675c6f6f938831f9f62
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, primarily through its extensive use of external URLs. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a deliberate attempt to create a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stack+and+queue+c%2B%2B PDF link annotation
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/30247521931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/57082961387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093cc235bb59---wiraforufitelorale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76222055755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f33ae26df3b318952d251eece6009a8/filewimirodalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rendszergazda-cegeknek.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3268268938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/5606833485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c0a8dd93d836f06b8083d86a55b4505/taxitizomobodaxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df869c77ac1---vunanitenorobipugaxewokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srlamn.com/clients/0/00/00e84243199fd86ca7c15d66a0237eb0/File/68987434071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa2a9ac1c8---17903595044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/nitexeruralapipofonelob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0214634bd3c0515f21df2f646b3deaec/duwozereziwijogoxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ca8590cf9---78597721392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079295d5de10---nazulunigajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094de8034bb3---kozirukabarefatali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd561c0eaad49e2e1a1cfdc703104628/xojojuwulinelareluximu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/52816926411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4206e6c1f6fa75460c7706c4f8df30eb/37015702217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e82156e43---regojunebumipibuwexokizam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/vujibowamagojitemovitad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a6d8a902a---sanimiperowajetakexudoxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/reduve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transinfosoft.com/userfiles/file/zuxurani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021051705263862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afbedfc52c7148fe2afceca7a662a28c/29361503584.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_off0000efd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD5 10252 bytes
SHA-256: a0e38509a9dd00c50ffa7593cdd151e6d63b8f67bc11f51a518c6f2b4f0fce00
font_01_sfnt_off000106d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D5 16804 bytes
SHA-256: 0da0552f96bdc39a37fbe5bcda50a1e1d0924345db18f8a3b1455b3b1863f2a5
font_02_sfnt_off000132c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1