Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54515f933ef5f413…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 15:42:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 862d593212ee62836b6d0145834e8382 SHA-1: 714da1f3024a4c566ba8402c4ce7024827add31b SHA-256: 54515f933ef5f41327ee675e055b61af968a857d21123ea86070dfa59c7dfeef
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, with several heuristics indicating a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct content-based clues.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://t2sc.me/userfiles/buvokunubemenumusenivowe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48a50d6b38cc773ce372beedacae4e2c/degafobitajonujipasipiwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/30573611394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/komadijexaxogizituj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c48c22008---31704847271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/nebosolobujuvemupotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heart-calligraphy.com/uploads/files/202109010825044257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbontuning.ru/file/66423305310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/27418178208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c4e97421b---60383344384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/89314373450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613daf7b50157---sadesurijobubadiwajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahuacoop.com/cms_gpadmin2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/4943891742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xodenobuzasusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/suvobaronapigagife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wine-paraphernalia.com/files/winep/_repo/file/nolefikerabovokibezalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massarentearchitettura.com/userfiles/files/wevixasetezapedav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skillmapmagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90985675011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140dbf7e24e8---votuzobuzap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toscanafantastica.com/userfiles/file/93915098037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021951757467589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f9c6e47b69---mowepezibebowob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expomediainc.com/upload/file/6542866915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terfigyelokamera.info/files/file/jinipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+center+line+of+longitudePDF 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_off0000ddda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDDA 17668 bytes
SHA-256: 234c9b4aca6a71eab063c0b995349293e92809d4726ebd0ee57e31fe73fec774
font_01_sfnt_off00010b59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B59 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 312603103c8adb3b50be4913a9490b8afff1ff131e5715c71b163fb360a076b5
font_02_sfnt_off0001242b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1242B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1