Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f53857d3290e0193…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:19:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6e7424e59dc0b1713cc86309d6cd49ba SHA-1: 3b0d0e2c858d36c3754df9de28c229433e2bd5d7 SHA-256: f53857d3290e01939b89ea98d61715625dd65bc883448c5da09a52b3ae48b000
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/96802246115.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fojtmfdob18hq01h3pcmtubm70/redunog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbf428d2c1c4396e7d48e6823c9dc45d/81248817690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03vkpcg1c9as6t8dsrg6dvcoei/45651374979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4a80a6f14---2332338364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meskerjager.nl/media/files/38119338084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2175179a716b738fae594f07315b7893/91623673277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolltisztitas.eu/userfiles/files/daxiveku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/5554425918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a4d5a78a5---23883460701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czapla-dachy.pl/public/images/fck/file/vukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c374867fab---dorixisukozolumekorine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/53200909863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/ziboge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45484954713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72131a9f853f08f065df6d8638ec37e1/75292122965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/24193438480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/latuzuridasotarinafav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/jikipaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrs-edu.com/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/sagolujaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d36ab4d639---gipesudulidavipifulude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d57164e280---mazofis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebookmarkcafe.com/uploads/files/63338002313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1183d349e---ritasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=indian+matchmaking+watch+online+free+123PDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9458521162.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_off0000e58a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE58A 18472 bytes
SHA-256: 871404bb5b60f113edeb5ffafbd37b8433ae949593d94476062bc3ea51f1d70a
font_01_sfnt_off000115b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B5 11228 bytes
SHA-256: ab9159079035fce808249c7c4844e226fc43bdf3158491f0e32aefbcc279238f
font_02_sfnt_off00012fc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1