Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e053485c032611cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 10:28:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f2452a8708a1d16e34576c04f748e4a8 SHA-1: 108898497d255058319e311863b7225e5c10d08a SHA-256: e053485c032611ccb888eee56632db6aed4fa2fc788fa42ee06719096363523e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to phishing sites. The numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggest a link farm designed to distribute malware or lead to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=biomolecules+class+11+important+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0d999942bf5c85473b30bb56c96c38b/83888585594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhhd5ni35skt7k8qn6bgruo2u0/lovotovovugexiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d82bca18d---50901791141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76fe902a8c2dc86d26f095b1f5d82333/57723573641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/61248662552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f4d4cf91a9ebe8c08124874ad3ed22/pekawowiputopilelabusizox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094346a7752e---51785204321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/71038742595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1328be01c5de0d525e11e059ddf2d511/32184445900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a15cafaec767cee2402ee325124d3610/piluzagazura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82cfdb0995fd4576d6b71222adef91e5/16728636009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/94660387157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b089031e33e---sizimoliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8c9kujsie06bq2gr64a9np14g/dotosidaketoteretut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/lezirufisafifozokerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/49095081699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ec7f6ec0a99f9767b38e555e3bcf3c9/surimakudifabevoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba207a9830e---dizameme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad06fd7878---69594353645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/pomowediteserawisil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/14668094996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd989c20833---53792251841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honda-otolongan.com/upload/files/xutefewodazupapokokov.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_off0000f3e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BFE 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 7676c11a6a6a25cb9ccc969016bb0511ebe4f3cfb4d235aace9f8aaa680d2db8
font_02_sfnt_off000125c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C7 16928 bytes
SHA-256: 5d28651b27f67326f0b0115bbd3054dab6959805b06a860a12c0a179fa61c7cb