Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f53a5e1733dfc3a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:19:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b8ed42db8b62cdeb62c517cfbe7e5b7a SHA-1: cde7043a05a832d87cb8c16c6f6a13daa643e087 SHA-256: f53a5e1733dfc3a5de36eb0980d0d7ea09e6e5aa1d8711e04638e17cc2a48efa
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded clickable links. The heuristic 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' indicates it's designed to trick users into interacting with a hidden action. Multiple URLs point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a distribution network for malicious content. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://modellszerviz.hu/userfiles/file/wevejebugodaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210623133258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oteliapelsin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekixevatopajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/javunosopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/didatebuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60b64a277bebda7528374f1b92c12ebe/13240097911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolcezzecaffe.it/file/60550806466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boracayg.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210727_2421D17E4873C97F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/95808033931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a43473dba7---59615765936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef4e15317c8bdfb16c998c2708c9db0/74745194773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a0c95c899---giviviwatiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cce0bda9049d64209661571efa91db4e/kilakezezasizosoveve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieseam.org/userfiles/files/gowivepodegebeniragafuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77331139700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanouklid.cz/upload/file/16197292053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camionespanamericana.com/userfiles/file/nonapovozasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608654e0daf13---78917308376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/vimawewiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theurbanthinktank.com/files/dekidodubumifibozedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oev4621omadtf6tq5ain2hnkdo/zolesebifodaxuxifufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmtechvn.com/webroot/img/files/92993331270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/17589986733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a24f0861f---jegolanatuzobosexaritabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/73764298128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=derivative+of+a+linear+functionPDF 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_off0000b6a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6A8 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 439403d6ac43ebc32dde53844030aad3fd416397d787bb253c057a842dbfb7f7
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e62d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE62D 14264 bytes
SHA-256: 1d4917eefcfe6ddb0f159e06f86176083906491b065697992e8772a07d438687