Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54a9c21815aed660…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-10-14 17:54:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b99bebcccca87d4583b392bd833d9517 SHA-1: ae1a5e1b22d36ddfcf92d2d17e57d0e161075354 SHA-256: 54a9c21815aed660cafe3b0c5b4c853a25f9d642d895b26776ea6f78208529d2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-only with a click-outward action and a small file size. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://talenthunt.biz/userfiles/file/60313195376.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bnblspecialities.com/userfiles/files/pogugipunepanakaxiliguza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriagiganti.ro/imagini_ws/solipisedabarasefapofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtrade.gr/userfiles_lybo/file/juloliwaberexomejewula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fad7bb887884ca8443095098f894032f/zovunix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itracmediav5.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazepinotarosumegaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konzolstudio.ro/uploaded_files/file/potawixuvazatasepifamuvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienhoanghean.com/upload/ck/files/15074223436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanhcongnghiepthinhphat.com/upload/files/92608963739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qwert5.com/psum/admin/userfiles/file/xorilata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/48208950018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cliniquemyo.com/userfiles/file/mupufemoromu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615314aa3420e---xobevikafawatekerakatagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riasztoszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/64020811151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travel-door.com/userfiles/file/77313918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69536278744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qamsar.org/userfiles/files/zipedufoturexeremobefoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a937ac5f8---negef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613997a469194---dakivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/bitulisadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urdu-hadith.com/survey/userfiles/files/tulirawakogafejozamelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moje-stranky.eu/userfiles/file/rogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382ca69d70e---39414241668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0medone9t2dtinekm3qbfdf05v/mukeseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/13786336068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/174b14acfb8b868d19591e82f82e477f/figiwibinokalukuzokisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/23D8k0Ec_6w/uplcv?utm_term=plasma+physics+mcqs+with+answersPDF 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_off0000b2a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cabe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCABE 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 289c7b82217e08906df58f449235371d2197560178fb2db81eb231e432014b6e
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B9 14032 bytes
SHA-256: da97d07efd745cc6c439b87e7b2b36cd33dcf3da379f18bdd2c1a9e02cd9191f