Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e53b6109aebe4f22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-08-03 22:08:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f09a8a3ef40f96bb43b0cc3dccd77cd8 SHA-1: 898d0e8ab94bc1739d608348fe1b2386d2e549b0 SHA-256: e53b6109aebe4f229c237d247235814698b61aec3ad407418ebe1c47c734cd83
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading malicious content. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely provides instructions to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • 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.
  • 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://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f3c8177fd---juriruzozimezikanuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca7482cfcf806dffba0c4f4e7deaf2c/nepevero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/jukivojazasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26o2h81dktvfth75tud040uih1/jituvogulavurujuseraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novehorizonty.sk/userfiles/file/76266302187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c7718a084---27428313868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afcb78f120---jukakigonojaxegix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/48867414022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldstecq.com/userfiles/file/16430995679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608763412e4de---nuvutedejemerajujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63027766921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/4594403477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakhoanhanai.com/images/files/11064281552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ab052a3e9---fukimebabigix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ujepites.hu/userfiles/files/jijarunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93c1ca20d7---xapoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885d33a1d3a---foguxiwitinoluwaximuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1439c93c2---86082249621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a23799efb5---nuzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berettyotv.hu/userfiles/files/25601295109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/997655e0045f1c0ad636c7886b7fdaba/65831070302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607852446ad33---34868446406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ccefd9de7fea8d77afcdd1f4e0bb11c/74976635067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/25918680231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efd731b8991---sekuruwexixolixonize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+turkey+hunt+on+sundayPDF 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_off0000f5e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E3 10544 bytes
SHA-256: fd10b465a1c798c16114fb4bd3aac8fdc165b8a83842b849b8e73d1c4b8977b3
font_01_sfnt_off00010df5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF5 16568 bytes
SHA-256: f0b8ca4dbd74af8605edb80b890bd223f7c1b5ad99c244b14045fa7f30dca80c
font_02_sfnt_off00013901.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13901 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1