Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54b5f5c494b42489…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 06:00:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7900ef06e09515a3074ccca6aa729906 SHA-1: ca8a49e3f1ef5f5dcc91468c3dbef653d6b7b99a SHA-256: 54b5f5c494b42489b0314125e99b137e81a305489c077f43de8edbd914603a09
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=surfing+101+for+beginners
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f3e1cb407---86112801274.pdf
    • https://nadamasristorante.it/file/radosipaxanoxodifoz.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765e0d81e4c---rozoladive.pdf
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ho0to6595q7jvctpd8j9237nk3/46508040057.pdf
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/7732715722.pdf
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b479fee0990---zivonopapow.pdf
    • http://alhs1973.com/clients/64426/File/47789374067.pdf
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/69731103576.pdf
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982308b015e---xelelufurasuxukitux.pdf
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d993fb60bc1b8c3fd737bd21c2042b2f/xafopifodalagogomo.pdf
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804e7dc0bd6---65440306529.pdf
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/baliliwibufuv.pdf
    • http://parcroyale.hk/userfiles/zozeruwixam.pdf
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/kibad.pdf
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/vojutirimebonadiw.pdf
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/97755247356.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/386766a2c78a293ec2b858e2820d9126/vakijake.pdf
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/lixofajofepasowuzo.pdf
    • https://lesartsdansmonjardin.com/userfiles/file/20210629062343.pdf
    • http://ccymgr.com/clients/a/ab/abc9983c1712fd324c9320bcfcf975a8/File/fisemovelosibokal.pdf
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/nululatikekuvilinemepa.pdf
    • http://www.mediagrand.hu//data/editorfile/42611555738.pdf
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0i515o80g38napqo5njeabnh9n/83186180993.pdf
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj091kvmqqglvom0uv01ec5ukq/22900523526.pdf
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/93008122607.pdf
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/jereb.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_off0000fbe6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBE6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000113f8.bin
34284539af49243ac9691ec886dccc94bb163bbf548ea74fcc069613353ab3a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F8 18028 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000141b9.bin
465fba237e91b56d059835aec4e8481f58cffb69291d786a2bf64fd74867d021
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141B9 10572 bytes