Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 543455876f3ae49a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:02:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7c0f8be54482454c9352d44fd721a570 SHA-1: 05a1eb5569f5c41d0c735d7cedeb0f0b353d273b SHA-256: 543455876f3ae49a0b4c20a536302a8bca8d1cf4a89cec1c4f88e915ef050fdb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or credential harvesting. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a lure to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=income+tax+withheld+at+source
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sp5vrjv3sd2u891ujk5s2v5iq1/21451563422.pdf
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/70636271306.pdf
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0a2fb50e37c9f71e5d298a7f8d46439/dofumibuwedexabujajomukor.pdf
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6abd78a69---29421027118.pdf
    • http://emeraldoutback.com/clients/f/f6/f61299a274fa8fdb0c00f5b1ed511d42/File/40098081624.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e291319f1---biredajozanasimuk.pdf
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ad5fc80c8---63496542516.pdf
    • https://snoman.mb.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69347211228.pdf
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0aa45ee2790fc35b4ac823073726f87/wigagexaxotopofogoxap.pdf
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36f7eb2499668d8dc48b6248648c5b4f/13893301241.pdf
    • https://cncunse.com/d/files/sarutezoziweko.pdf
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b5a8592d0---pezemusewagurizutewirepe.pdf
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kesajsi4no482g0rtm6ctiul8r/wojeda.pdf
    • https://bobecoingatlan.com/uploads/editor/file/memazenowa.pdf
    • http://bungefamily.com/clients/5233/File/zagemax.pdf
    • http://bethanybaptistcolumbus.org/clients/75549/File/jukel.pdf
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63b59434950d432dfe77bf90dc9a2a8c/ximafe.pdf
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/kunigijubirugagosevepev.pdf
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e319f28547---87374325875.pdf
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a3b51739e1d53c3b746aac254a07c2b/2173553418.pdf
    • https://szud94.hu/img/sajatfile/files/78773926107.pdf
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/82550901879.pdf
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/rorekavawusi.pdf
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e90a306c3---32228683355.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f693.bin
9d5a0e60faf06291cd51968a004977aa35a2488d55f0c0872f019a86d0135a44
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF693 18404 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012675.bin
97a693020a9c67c913fa5abf5d83a61848c846aa130c5182d8e66f233602b60d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12675 2044 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012fc4.bin
10f75ce7a183dae6170e7d076271851ef8282884baef4f2bf7fc8ad4db9090ed
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FC4 10872 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000148bd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148BD 16792 bytes