Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e53bde03fe39b92d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-10-11 16:22:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 6422bb0b902064c32ca9f9b23b6b8cc2 SHA-1: 2e0bbd4a6aae70c0c89697efdfe539b435d7c535 SHA-256: e53bde03fe39b92d1e57fa27c48ba7ec204efa0344a99916213a2b3b83df6209
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the file's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious or phishing websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=professional+communication+and+ethics+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/15959515470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/51893876621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digiconelectronics.com/media/84501362677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/nutenusesigogawoborekule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damnoen.com/ckfinder/pho/files/patedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sadhankendra.org/erc/media/57085430220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16151da304be7c---47950633962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40a4e11b5d0f16eb4ecee1bb43dcfc33/50322255671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/38319319140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webaruhaz.codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dusovezovesujike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86457118308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iweldbot.com/ckfinder/pho/files/51982562253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615d0fa22ba5f---povenonukubowugomogaxabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastravariaizvoarelebratiei.ro/images/file/27187609216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/171037274448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/durudogapomapir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161451ca7be09f---dulifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbjvweekof5d.xn--p1ai/files/files/nikejebivuwuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78a521f1fd500df29fb7b01920a0a3bb/mifumatavopiwanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.ca/editor_files/file/famobilepoxonososuvifuvox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digbijoynath.in/uploads/userfiles/files/zumidege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiszelyugyvediiroda.hu/docs/file/debijisekus.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_off0000d75f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF71 16928 bytes
SHA-256: 822156f3a57bd08c075ae2bfe95bbc1ecede33dfed751f66024c5247a35d4ed9
font_02_sfnt_off00011a92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A92 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 881ddad305d7ae7cb5318560b3ca50a54cf3e5bfcabc59e6da035a58c374c776