Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54af1a4ebf1525c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-09 09:24:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c2930bfed57ad787e9e049e4464cc57b SHA-1: fee5c3fcca6d8df56bf74eec789feb6dbfae20ec SHA-256: 54af1a4ebf1525c6e16eb3d6de23d1d0860bac8f9305e0e8e0cebef563e8a5e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of a 'download' button lure reinforces the deceptive nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://chicopharm.com/upload/files/xabofurekadigiraxufit.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161342aed83bcb---dovuturizolugonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/58742989830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiannweb.com/uploads/files/wixenep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habrit.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91901033124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35154190379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theartofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazipobag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyediajandekotletek.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/zufolajafeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f9bcea5e4---runifegusem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/21778155020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210902035834_1843729130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/tirozuruwapalaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333375b0920058a8a05eceddd5800eb9/74999691175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/gulovafupetaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/12828696892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/4920278232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/wusenofozufoladarulawav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ykzn8.com/upfiles/editor/files/68736833895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progetec.org/userfiles/files/dujofuguse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esterkins.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49419901655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14423410112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anael.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/voweziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highlander-inn.com/assets/userfiles/files/karovafotav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56973133365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+clans+mod+menu+apk+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/48528492262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cd28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD28 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 4b15201656927ddfe55ee48adc9334f92d67407e80835d79dc6287263945d4f6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f962.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF962 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011179.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11179 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 5a4fc3a82531ff13044f1e59b1e1bb024d512f7939d9aca1164f7479485127e6