Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e53d03feee7373d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 08:07:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 095c9b011da293f9d859edfb7ea4a296 SHA-1: 0727ed52c10c6cbcb6ac51a51d5b0c88e2cbb326 SHA-256: e53d03feee7373d0662fe74feac536c383d9db6ef2973b7d5ec9bcc04b1458c7
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to potentially compromised websites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://modra-skola.cz/userfiles/file/630528181.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae03a870fa4846222e2661a56e99bcf0/veridugasut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megalightgroup.lv/uploads/files/99273446481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/wolivadisotugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/tilozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagelight.pl/userfiles/files/wazovosexumugamaxatebedon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/bukexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulabupikujelareker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/36083226020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurodegranizo.ar/noticias/fckeditor/file/tidusirolesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiastudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lesibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldadmin.k12cart.com/media/files/nuvikeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhv9kkhrtrfff8aoa2re3qirai/61571863796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmasgroup.com/userfiles/file/896078656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suranareecommand.net/UserFiles/File/jarolanatajerededu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wcsps.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23585050088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/mawifipogibawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_223DA8F8850DC6A2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lubasakuworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaineyranchaz.com/userimages/tubewexijarajugapuporab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/048f071a5570b030ff6edb3ebd1f0166/puxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladekoservis.ru/files/66509301849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130067fe73e3---14448884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzaidele.com/images/upload/File/fafijesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/90107619163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=waptrick+android+appsPDF 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_off0000e735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE735 18264 bytes
SHA-256: cb062ed6809c2ae5cde540e453b3452b591cdcc802b6863cf55152ff9a2ea387
font_01_sfnt_off0001164a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1164A 10416 bytes
SHA-256: a7ee83578c1771fb09566508e46f0aa5ec962fb83c0b82581c069eebdcb6686f
font_02_sfnt_off00012e07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1