Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54887b19c020646c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-08-21 09:04:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b51ed80296982e26bb42775d39970edf SHA-1: 9d1fba37fe6762bd0c8df044f53b050ee4b875ea SHA-256: 54887b19c020646cc6821667377ac01a5f5c7431be619f71f03506995b106441
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript stream, though not fully analyzed, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

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
  • 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://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/womow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160b5ae9c4b0f9---pewafakexajilure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804b8f8130c---51568260618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/75974353931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.papelerialapiceros.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fexazerivifojezuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingfrimale.com/userfiles/files/98651314437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608977f973d57---mifazusozoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banning64reunion.com/clients/a/a7/a71e9339640f4be667ed55590a288245/File/55679837096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/32464276061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7901t479ec0i73p5c79s6ofe7m/zotidebedutagokiseniti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/22971091645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khangvietdn.com/uploads/file/dodulijimusuxivigalut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctj1s11cf91cpbvf2r0s73jp0f/24455288058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160955aa8d3acd---xaxobozumukeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/xamezumag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/52570994620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/mijumejopuzogunuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/15092510180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fa251355d6a6edb39f779e381372040/sorakovepixoremew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19660501553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5de233c5a1---furejubexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/63975829950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d08d8cbf1d9---kedilatovexebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=pill+bugs+attracted+to+foodPDF 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_off0000f178.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF178 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001098a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1098A 16172 bytes
SHA-256: ad71589e387671324fb8db7218ec0a5ffacd0753c3c648df7d234fdbed94128a
font_02_sfnt_off00013378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13378 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 95cacf7de09cfc0b6fc9e7b90527a20f16197e657aa15abd46862021cf366313