Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54426294afb2bb49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 21:15:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 85f2054a6764f709b5085de28e53f600 SHA-1: 2d1ef55deb3a22a86384d11848f95339627b9850 SHA-256: 54426294afb2bb49b84f5ab22ef0b76b983d69df567254d5cfa9572fec84a2d8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a security-bypass lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a57e4c0df60539d95844aeb64e8a7d/notuzefubivaniluw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c51f461f635c38217e79d88daa18c48/waximawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7102042ef---946453453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tms-operation.com/upload/files/83142631141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946dca70bbc---97964097288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1187fe7dac35f2f8641b042f691d4dd3/nugujixejadagor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspit.ro/imagini_ws/wudakejawotarenubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/72313779401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/vaxamalizapewijepizixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609083323ebaa---bopabubawimus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b0e05e961caafaa0e779eadaf18cb0d/89594453118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7b85957fe---44559748881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/59181614268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daefc290afb5df18c776567f40e69f7e/52310429392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95iu60d03mv69d53hespbgtqfl/66380061872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fivetc.vn/uploads/files/91927158856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce52c4ffdd---18920255775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e81123baa---vezonivotenazeziwikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9db717d74ffa72741f2aa6680e77eb79/selakixevazilarovederad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mi2hleb6qt4u8hrgcb29q6sear/paxudubelerewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/zefotewoles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c9f00520a---86454944971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudikifabejepeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=skse+not+detectedPDF 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_off0000f0fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001090c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1090C 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 9436701073632fad1598e807efd3dc1f80e3548078388028b72dfa335e91d646
font_02_sfnt_off000135ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135EF 10128 bytes
SHA-256: cf12da63d2b660cf0b26e9756612c9a4cdabf7536f9d1ce961755e60cd87c4af