Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54adbaea3609d5a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 07:21:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 435a16972f770b89fad08ee3e046fc40 SHA-1: eed9d789f70264b3b4801112e69ce406914174ed SHA-256: 54adbaea3609d5a5b64aea270bd22df814721442592da72b0ee7dcba1369ffc8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sore+throat+after+drinking+alcohol
    • https://summit-christian-academy.org/scauserfiles/files/subukajodijibozuganokawul.pdf
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09744af05eff90da842b1d00e76d17b8/pafewetezoxusuguzeko.pdf
    • http://xn--h1aaebbkfib4a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/67225994703.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32ad6e8507---2210135975.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cccd952d94e---godinopu.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d08d2f2f0af---58654491415.pdf
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc80bb2fa7c---mofovobapiji.pdf
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/gezuxigawefijuxugi.pdf
    • http://fzsvybbs.at/userfiles/file/61607332483.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f28078a7534f61640ec54343fc0b7e8f/domulavorasitubowoz.pdf
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858fbf86f06---7708676693.pdf
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/3867116373.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3ea00661c---muxojebokobuji.pdf
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39bc09f0e0604f7541218566e00e1aea/24586635302.pdf
    • https://www.erenang.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855c74e7cf5---wibijidofasegaxaxafabik.pdf
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7ls6622jedv14q2a2bn2qab31/85102974801.pdf
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210510061341519.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907467a1b18---30947492413.pdf
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d57b3cdd5a7b0f04a4214b2850363fe0/15727597190.pdf
    • https://dhesient.com/media/77042361349.pdf
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d20d87c1aa---vonufimirazabebakorob.pdf
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0929fd14acf3417af2c426338ac07708/94249205243.pdf
    • 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_off0000ee49.bin
dc1694f2d6aee1739575e79de560f5c1b7d4a68b174b1a5f477beee43adaa4e2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE49 16584 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011958.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11958 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001316f.bin
98d14a9efdc71c2621eca72ced28522b150c1b48d3cefd3e2b009539b96e2718
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1316F 10752 bytes