Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54262552fd04fcaa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:11:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d00903dc916c904fd23632b65efabcd3 SHA-1: 32cc72734a619f58d4a344e5d74231383e1affda SHA-256: 54262552fd04fcaa29699ed7b6b7740a52efa56380fe4c71bfd63582003da2da
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=upper+extremity+functional+scale+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/sobexitunaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkcophs50threunion.com/clients/0/01/014062e559e26c1cf0711bcec4e573ae/File/27364504667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d632agp3nskinrjp48q413fcde/31809904580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1i9iqmlh9pk376t5tdktthv2f/venitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/93716337439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samtee.com/admin/images/file/69865998321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2semc2ki2guc57ep2l2me3m5qn/fimomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca55808457f---88215646112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/zejefabupulemibanelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869a38cd0c7---34652314985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094346a7752e---51785204321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop//contents/8042815804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62043d836fcb921d16ac3343b1cba169/kugepaxupokusumov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fb92a6b4e---newulitijowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/12708085335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da3001ed1b0ea3374701b1e1ac2f896b/pijukosawuxepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41249433865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcot.by/pics/files/megawotonevedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/88371187430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8496e3fa8bf0b503b7b6b559ba0deac1/49631549698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efaff40efc---wefamavutegeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4rmrui2f4flujli41ao37qr1o6/5366750700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5cd93af985---wexojok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/27338888642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d51ff7c891bf40fb8d9b98fcc20cba7/61747993880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca038120900---badixatukavut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ced5d2935---wupulijabipubakadowipizoj.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_off0000ede7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F9 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 14f4cf52a66a1d9b9971229070062595fa16b5e678ef0fd733b57f5de4aa60c9
font_02_sfnt_off00013584.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13584 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 0fa2d183a159af9789a356ecf80be754aaabb52000983714d1879f4f54535697

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