Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d53af7c9e63d7162…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:59:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b22ab2e9ccd50fb57e14be95e6e3427c SHA-1: c9dbbe3dd1560e2fa82acb526d2b3d31098e0a35 SHA-256: d53af7c9e63d716242410f017b634c3b4be7fded32ee8bceaebabf495e711ef4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, specifically targeting upload directories, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests potential for malicious actions within the PDF itself. ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31ecd842fa---83865291186.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://saltokisport.com/uploads/files/kigopesowoxidepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff7a437832---76886403964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb27ed08af---27499972996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/fuvinagewilanabegudit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerateacademy.com/file/poreresawumuvesimuxerakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96386089585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc31c2224cc---14752969313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/kaxitetuwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86c46ced01---tagutiseleromusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/48823644340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rilta.net/userfiles/files/39276246757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe62fd428f---97348456511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueview.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/40741128404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11d560e127115bea7011fee310ab4111/26206138134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da944e2997---fikabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607412559ee77---limatowewukaxizapop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/31867250454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747dcd54667---34024495029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/xanivodusamusogopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1623755072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/93907353275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/92508769562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=inkscape+tutorial+pdf+to+svgPDF 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_off0000c12b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC12B 11004 bytes
SHA-256: a213f4e792ad2bc6ef414c7e7b062ee22e6406b22a7182fcaad5dbd07f2dc45b
font_01_sfnt_off0000dab1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C3 18308 bytes
SHA-256: c36b0f0c0ddad6c79f0c4117e21822c03c357c57dc544467a0d3818257ee3e1e