Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54020b0b1b027f90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.2 KB Created: 2021-08-24 15:45:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b225894725f71fc818e5f2a1af27b159 SHA-1: e57eb8edcd55592646e2250c2daca60efba9e4b7 SHA-256: 54020b0b1b027f9069bb625466eee1bd8a6ef23b6fc99789ac8d5ca70a805da4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to redirect the user to external, potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/sujopo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ace-pharm.com/upload/files/3836288695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telewebmarketing.com/FCKeditor/file/tekafadififugolepezome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a833846576f103f2baad1c05c04dce6/tovewasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/20052246439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazdedziecko.pl/_files/Media/file/vusiwusoradapogigimop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39089a25b830c41a002e8ec2bbfacbe7/32522964436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/42351754061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/lepexusinisekuvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78cad7807680f9d1c788206d139b01d/koperelaladoguwidofozibog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14cf166c2d---93889361930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/31767034212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9d5f57f49---61733746391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54c620a4cfdbb995b236d4e0b1c9359f/laradupowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qarjhsp83sl4krpgfk8uk2vf2/7746943365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/wagajuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloc-immo.com/images/43052591438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecd8bf78068---bufobivamubofavimus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087203798c6b---vowilemofiveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/sejebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f489750cf8757ce7b7d706f020a1f09f/rozexuratinokobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocinti.eu/userfiles/files/771681468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/kusisamaxuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=who+wrote+the+book+of+matthew+biblePDF 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_off000139e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000151f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151F9 10520 bytes
SHA-256: e1c4b733a110d14a40f65dca4fca5d1126fe4459376dc5f5bc884df177503237
font_02_sfnt_off000169fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169FB 20780 bytes
SHA-256: df30a6000d346b135611f2659766baeeca7153be6a3e5fca0695ddd0152b2c27