Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54b4f972737d4271…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 17:47:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0e61579b9a59aae6fddf4b7493c29c68 SHA-1: c02fe543338622415f7f4225f023aec1373f3651 SHA-256: 54b4f972737d42711249dd02cea7a90d3f245207dcec3cad62eefd34ffadcf64
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to potentially malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c8894666f---kemugijarosugu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa0f6d1861---88490076975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/69974936040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/70883829702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/tokavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/74684992535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/dufomokuperegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltanimalpark.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e191303d648cca95e878d00c6adf9c9/57383463328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc4d99a45c---71605202327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/lajogilazuluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a22f397b2d---9742939287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/1624843380dozolibopoxegawixedafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec690b87af35e3267c0b6156fc221a15/pofowuninafuxemikivusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/19412878320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9756f443d7---rarolema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30544538679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/68570447352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c07246992---81558624008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annamsaigonlaw.com/upload/files/50679825718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/nebajowofaduwiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ab2daa81e---jitazejigiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cb371c5b3---lezikopomikonolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac02128e331---47349345768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd3ebad523736b1f456e2caf3016fb68/sufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/wojeput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=west+bengal+ntse+question+papersPDF 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_off0000f4d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF0 10804 bytes
SHA-256: ccf855fd747ee21afb3947bc10c262569cd981eb45f2a80a14b1a9fa68e375c2
font_02_sfnt_off00012579.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12579 17796 bytes
SHA-256: 3e82525afda111d05e901edca234edee0a3e2c746ff31e60417450afabdef5dc