Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 540c2682c5410aa0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:12:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5e5a75d146e2f3cd37001cf1494e1b83 SHA-1: 57888407fb78488c321300fe088a512eb983f4eb SHA-256: 540c2682c5410aa015bbcb99dd46b4d36024a9821ca3d5e13530c43782f2a7b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://magicdiscoradio.hu/userfiles/file/lowatokobumejafab.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qcenaksj1gp20ac2og27dtqj2/83880565597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/25873206738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa7170fab6---11821112424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4cthsljc968t8e7r1bi05p8uk/dadedulikogikalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camonetinternational.com/files/file/rulagavewuvuwulevebazalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cfd612b97---59106505706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/wubidajizapijiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujoh3bda4s8div88s2s30ht8a1/vemolupariwoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21ba2d0e59---39121883594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e4cbb5417d---zutepibeginobobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab21b96a242---viduja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/gefaxozuduzovam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wemawaxinunifubimugomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismopontevedra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84553279062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rittenhousereunion.com/clients/a/ad/ad7d26974070b67854a29702aed78614/File/piwizaxudofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/94732333401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/22867731138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9b988e443---20823222787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kajo-frings.de/userfiles/file/jolapizugazixad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/vumupaxawusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interconformity.ro/images/file/nidonibopikunivusuxozoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160defd53640c2---54008377812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202108141620382412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fecdd2642d4---bukekopigakenunabupop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202106110352305991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca421d9fbe31bb06db8bd23866496346/58370491783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennyhigh73.com/clients/3/33/33ce00c6a031cf3b17a3dcf69aaa7594/File/muwujusafonote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=h%26s+policy+manualPDF 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_off0000d2cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eae1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE1 25060 bytes
SHA-256: ab7aab1614f2ed43bec10b603c145ac5a4fbbc8fb1fa537c26b1696ad8ae3d90
font_02_sfnt_off000129de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129DE 9064 bytes
SHA-256: 591d9d01fa162a63dcf956bf9119e00b238dd1a96502d52d46b633f78bbee6c9