Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54a95254d108c118…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-26 15:12:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 508b0025d82dec05ee40ad42c992b220 SHA-1: 781935299cc2e8bebaebb866afb90bd6fb9d7c31 SHA-256: 54a95254d108c118acac8537eda5c2472fb6556c94921ffc6308d87d39a48c92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, specifically utilizing WordPress form upload vulnerabilities to host what appear to be other malicious PDFs. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of these link farms suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cee1d60f155---luxurawek.pdf
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/91391273094.pdf
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/37296521977.pdf
    • https://coil.hk/upload/files/wiwoj.pdf
    • http://sillajen.com/fckeditor/_upload/file/32152932455.pdf
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1d95fccfb7---taluwadewixunuweritetokeb.pdf
    • http://twtipa.com/upfile/files/2021/06/19/21029000990.pdf
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92367d1347---mikevojuz.pdf
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb84dc6225---mapewiz.pdf
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab04e9ff2e---39328330994.pdf
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a754e8336ff---lunatof.pdf
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941a329e51c---votibimidop.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f77caaa6887---84114852494.pdf
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jp1798edkiuq93s51c8ljtjed6/mowanalonusobolurafepubi.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35fde58fe8---54207546901.pdf
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/23648569125.pdf
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e5acce1e61a6791ea69ebd03ddd50b8/13288788770.pdf
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cabbc7e19ae---ledanekotu.pdf
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e92b6d5c1---32165869374.pdf
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/23492384654.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c803c0cce5---99881070912.pdf
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a62def3f1c---misunaxabamarujumuf.pdf
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/8477005671.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+long+is+the+notary+signing+agent+exam
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f001.bin
72b39f2314e43c8cf9323aaa969cb3520328ec8c0973a99a0bbf5e75c5ee5bb5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF001 17784 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011ef5.bin
1887e91a546f30687b7e13037f75addf655d5ba65cd345dd6fee713782157c04
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF5 10848 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000137e4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E4 16792 bytes