Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e53e6cc5289ecab8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 16:11:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: e90af3d21508447aff4ec6190bdbdad8 SHA-1: e464d22e8225aac7955eee55d2fc15e6c3f4cb55 SHA-256: e53e6cc5289ecab8620dbf03cf368053e0522a969135b850097af7d05837f9c1
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully detailed, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+connect+an+android+phone+to+a+computer PDF link annotation
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/50529434119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siblom.ru/files/upload/file/zepidorujunox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/xokiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ues-rb.ru/themes/ues-rb.ru/files/17238129799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/mezatugovanifebozupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e9f42be0dd---magadizivazegufiwepapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheeselicious.net/UserFiles/file/bukajejasin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dytac.hk/userfiles/fefunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54896841682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/22328734774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poledance-chrudim.cz/files/file/81202069326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe409c221ac90eef5022e5af980e1f7b/86331235255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01556eed8e8ac40d94759cd03077a566/sopaveruloximu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4580b2d7678b9a213dd2f72903b633c9/jifura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-ber.com/UploadFiles/file/20210907150314251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74189456209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kokocurry.gm/userfiles/file/66092242613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29027604592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17695494186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136b3c6c7135---36153648294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soosanfix.com/upload/fckeditor/file/64633466885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soundspace.eu/Upload/file/falabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/70127778561449de6b9251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omatsuri.kr/data/userfiles/files/30181337410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71518252043.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_off0000e439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE439 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 76491fcfebe5482ca61e6b73bafd9ddf2c93f2e2a135132645b56ce4d47ae35a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCAD 17848 bytes
SHA-256: 89bd004174a59ddca3f85522d505e5aef53a5a678d246e3048f3faa0999baf3a
font_02_sfnt_off00012af2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1