Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 254e6a707fbb39a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-07-29 21:36:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 78e8de90a7436cfa7a511e0c1499120f SHA-1: 1481ca8c12ecbef6264d038d8e0fafd8b91f21d5 SHA-256: 254e6a707fbb39a13302d341e6f2d9909940845523e34e0cc086ffb9419eebac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mathlinks+grade+8+student+packet+2+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089fb5c96d9a---13954680126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/38074684910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promocode.lu/userfiles/files/mirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/wotaluniru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a85ff01a7feaad54ac272d85757a7884/64645921258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb2d43695a---loropezagozosuwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daikinhbac.com/upload/files/42487016963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddfd52b6467---puretujifonanepofore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/wusazetagijades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/7683129305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0sk5adme58skbcuqnkdjn2hh0/defuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qlbpqdtk7cd33hjk46vba27q5/begevogisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/53008782317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f2a51a9ad---20617112214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouncebodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/komarunerutexeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39216d98dbe70d1380453a279444fc16/32712387087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/47242997245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafe-malaysia.com/contents/file/jepomibufawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6a856b2c9---pelepevotepowadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rokakisreunion.com/clients/a/a8/a85ca1e4cfc2bb88d767af442173b437/File/duselodijunonojopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/ziremapupopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/22611902934.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_off0000b8c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0D4 15568 bytes
SHA-256: 2f04b11799f2232720ef4bb0b6ed83fb57f992e7f74304d411b10d81a38bbaa7
font_02_sfnt_off0000f879.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF879 11388 bytes
SHA-256: 9ac9eaa893af1556e1333f5fed7e3ed4a1ec4d555fdb43632109d8d94dc1f61a