Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e53296663d169c4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-29 18:46:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: eece755eaf85f7ab49298403438686e2 SHA-1: c8695ca8ff72a8334c82da2324e4cdd84070d52b SHA-256: e53296663d169c4f6902073f7543edf2dca4911c74cf5a31bdb7303d7bb0ddc2
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected file, a common tactic to evade initial gateway scanning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///tovetelova.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c726b65849---62047901783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c90095da1c---43335736664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmteventures.com/clients/5/57/576e8e71b788aac95a268099fab76a3d/File/wotopisuvewezujibixozite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210709125806_moll6z.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ea0383710---xubifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpts4tv49arfr82qd3islsqato/53434361047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/4351208485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taylormadetc.com/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulumikabuvokus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everettsbarbque.com/clients/b/b0/b0b566c85bab127526a414587b81487f/File/13592233612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210723150821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e21a921f43d1569c49f1d8ab900aa23/36710094121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/77026559728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucancakoihikari.com/luutru/files/19195829071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a2aq63ro57c9qkbog8gs8t52o/beniwafadudukifinazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjpexport.com/files/tatebapomumedeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iguanapools.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15s1gi82acqh6lj1f4o7uvh9mu/puxezonumuxuvomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819ec746616---sovememujinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rajavafikewimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e922c6a524---paruvumumobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f14550951d---denoleposuwaxemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a639f6a1b94---28951568044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadapremiumlubes.com/survey/userfiles/files/87758945108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57e5f00168291fe410894a550833d171/33875973178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+catecismo+de+la+iglesia+catolica+pdf+gratisPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f350.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF350 19344 bytes
SHA-256: 0dca05944b2520137acff20dd21eb9056e5e65f4c509ef006f454c9092d2dd34
font_01_sfnt_off00012540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12540 2316 bytes
SHA-256: a778df617376b26af96e38f8381c8cb26cb8ae199ee865cf776940153581be63
font_02_sfnt_off00012f80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F80 10860 bytes
SHA-256: dfa2f6eaa42e12a8024c01d6a1ec377368084483c4704bea53cec6bdfcd4e272
font_03_sfnt_off0001486e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1486E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1