Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54a0d2122312ab28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-30 06:54:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b9238f442c0f618d33042705907f8ddd SHA-1: 65a295c6c91d2b24d5534d97212309b4a402a034 SHA-256: 54a0d2122312ab28d32b2ab6bf831402af58ed4b007c07d392cfac903e965d09
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the document is a lure for downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://dongshengcable.com/images/upload/File/22509171360.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://saam.vn/images/content/file/nigepuzesidew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fa47e83f44---pujejebadutudikaruze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manchetenewsms.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/306633320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulbwatkinslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/11550254806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dprkoreatour.com/uploads/files/lukusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe30453ff801c71515228d5451c67098/19080565550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a8f28ca2ebb1e2f02288ab1aa4e8df7/31428184390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchung7.com/upload/file/63435126486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab466dbcba5---11548116721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylerdaynursery.org/clients/8/8e/8ed7c4ff1d995b028c1180c1bccb3f4a/File/ligenotiwazebitiwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/6686770647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk2.com/uploads/files/57794004243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/27913684591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acf20d71374d52d7a1aa301740e5d733/45672951509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa63fad92fbbf068ce06cde450dfc997/4679560960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/62108003187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e32bd6e7042---gubemevizovosuxawajigab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/8560398952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gj90rq9shkms1vf0j6rp53sdl5/lubujeluwelena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/274a0d199bd58423f07d2cb78266b5fc/21577961378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/mutujogaxewuketilodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/64043386947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121e94279cc5---jepuvaxujofojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bk81gm1nred8cm6kjpce881vhd/rareredazerulikokodaxajew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pdf+smaller+file+sizePDF 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_off0000e6f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F1 10692 bytes
SHA-256: badfb2bec55c824356c549db22e352778183fde227cce2d91eddcc3aac2b43d9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001179b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1179B 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 0b9e37c9663430838304b821b0d5b1f8b32a2e50d8cd6ae300556791dec4f9c5