Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d53dab7132f789d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-08-04 01:03:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b0bb9e4f86b213669186d7d39fc550d7 SHA-1: ec5155b77a9551a7d1e8ee5f2623c6ed019374a0 SHA-256: d53dab7132f789d4b2123bed879de9ce46aca4d3db27c4fd971f60c5348988e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The numerous URLs extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=determining+market+structures+worksheet+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/midididatesanowepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uprhb7oarec26lgsh8s9vt4d11/weratib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5cbe6cf86f---dubawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffaa49fbf7---10582561646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3de3bdef7---gerelebinutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kultmotor.hu/images/files/51727385362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexekavixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otelnamore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30c8b24dc3f4e97501ff1217d0d345b0/87292821153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/87178360027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878cbd9ad0d---zolalizevetile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aonetreks.com/uploads/file/pilexuberumagefowopijuwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9835f90a43ae3e80773e72bc36bddfb2/50298327896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jh0kkoue9fqv0d6vomd886qqsq/38685686159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/zusavekolexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/kasovidojano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c73e091de44---65820395576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00aa884926---xiduwiluge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://punaide.com/userfiles/files/lezepezutake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/10664857118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/49793769850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b09d07e2e48---xowenatafekenol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37418484dd25fb29f295f202105b7ab4/34313539208.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_off00010ba8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA8 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 07197403fc35880b662fbbcec9c5ae4649dd2a65d852d6a1f2ec8496e72fcfae
font_01_sfnt_off00012540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12540 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 71792adc66ce8c89b6ee9951a0c29ee25b76419bc8a0ee063d66a1e984790d4c
font_02_sfnt_off000151f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1