Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54b48282c3b2b605…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-06-25 17:22:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5cab123fba500d03053f42202f1cd9ae SHA-1: 7976cfa8c08e7bf23143af5c7c8444bf449e4180 SHA-256: 54b48282c3b2b605986f9e84dd5e21c47ca6d34203f87f12ecbe36c1a8229ed6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

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.
  • 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 https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/564b5b8e290f3ee0a53ec0746f4c08fd/ralugugexadefid.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94f2d2cf0c1240a7e1fa9883c04ab358/46928044498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/97854777116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a89bd51cc4---21760980493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798ff5465f1---21178378938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8a24c2d66---putevofetinapokifukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panda-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/85869296829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f8dbd7539---99749144558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88a7f4845fe67b1e423e3887153ca4d6/fikuxatemifonobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/50474548555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d59aed7507---dumotijesetepegizax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coevent.ru/upload/files/28173625097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/10015097804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1269069e26774a7df6d653d1752175e4/5086816367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/gokatuwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a301aae2652---17044122717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608743817d7b5---pakenesufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d599966d4f7ca449679376307005427/61202507067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54074345702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/68910605771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d44205c459d---sulizekisawumupireje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5f1e70b4c---19419106293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=tally+study+material+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e23d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE23D 17148 bytes
SHA-256: ee2aec561997c56ce9f3b213a639ef95f48d7a0b6282febfea7ad64c47a7166d
font_01_sfnt_off00010f5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F5E 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 643527699dc72fdea974443e9a07c5d340f206fe0f50228fbf68bd238a7b727b
font_02_sfnt_off000128be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1