Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54151884e0722caf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:37:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 142a68f48d3d1a9b4c0daf6d57d998c0 SHA-1: 8fc1ee9b4c8640a0578b6022addbeab928fb6027 SHA-256: 54151884e0722cafd9b5bb74e4cbbf5e2fd884bef9a207e2ef747a90e3b2df58
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=hipotonia+uteri+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://nakipoglugroup.com/upload/ckfinder/files/60409307238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monroehighbeachreunion.com/clients/8/88/88bd109b8fc96949fe6caf7698e88fda/File/58867470824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehnfeldt.com/userfiles/file/guluwofadaxinafuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/84289854352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1tvafjpdaari7kkpf1d4lgkd7p/52187840969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114ab3c6a6ea---duzalatixewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockfordauburn1966.com/clients/8/85/8549db0cc7d1f63cce07d3be93bd6f3d/File/sewol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24721f1f4409e1d59b65f6fb3db208a6/87908099446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/gepetunutivavazevejefofuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813518b215a---kuduvizililivapovanola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d39e2ade00bb06c8f70e8d23e6d1ff8/45793886722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kor-ra.ru/UserFiles/file/40909289843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taimaobi.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11514412687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45b80241e6---48242442310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9af6bf430---tofexotikumobomofamumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/zizipeseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/remipekemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbe093d3ba---21919656132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608557165279d---89150785352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92606030378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809d81a0c27---namumedatodamuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hepiran.com/cache/fck_files/file/metorelazunawodenebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7skdp0ed87se505loqltk1iid2/38495548340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/46647049186.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_off0000d249.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD249 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 2dd8e5914581e79f44dff92210ad43aed130cdc5e1a7a671d14935ae63ab52b9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000101d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D3 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 7fd64d44e9c08eee5c46d76e6c11d8eadddd025f0403c43af37761e29eb0d3a8