Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54bbc14952514275…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:30:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 9f12177ac89b65b7ffce2f35fe6d3374 SHA-1: 075f218684346b209a740747e5810950083f9a88 SHA-256: 54bbc1495251427534f5356510b25752095d366b7854dbb96edc4dbf7edd3d22
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/lokunulisorov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxemifipixaxugomuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84828361406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pifanabuguvuxuwunaresoraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3sdent.com/upload/files/kibivokezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/rolobezuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/domotanib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a325589269d---80689651035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df3219bbf5a---vavunakedetebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://excitechem.com/userfiles/file/nokawitosikepizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128c3d64a11e---xubotawisagev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liffeyartefacts.com/fckimagefile/file/losusaralugetaliwevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5339bf29f9d3bce4cddf4dfad199206e/95794974151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/darupakiduximererolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linklandhotels.com/upfile/editor/files/38808179043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnshoppingbag.com/upfiles/file/26463643294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097cb4babaed---29802272387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://service-panev.com/userfiles/duzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/zonawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/gijukijotedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/xugamikavaforexij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zazoxadefafixegifazesavof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd7661f0af8---23885525345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=prensa+manual+para+farinha+de+mandioca+pre%C3%A7oPDF 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_off0000db59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB59 20308 bytes
SHA-256: f40f4a6ab689890841abfc0708e4ef20191548a3d4e6f674fafb7207c8239abc
font_01_sfnt_off00010d73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D73 11084 bytes
SHA-256: d5fceff2ec641b49e1f3a6605ebcca147f1be3ab584c048e98d429ff6b352006
font_02_sfnt_off000126b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1