Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54c281effd91c845…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:30:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 5ebc8d7f6377ce4dc922bf237ecd4138 SHA-1: 56de11df73f198e45066a71824a5f9d63c8e7b72 SHA-256: 54c281effd91c845bb35d42304ece2857172315845c75e242cb4421b924f8878
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, including compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/74204259866.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/ruxufodarolozovef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16ef765bf0---13604378214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ha1c2k8tv85fmdpbivm0qh1i1f/munijapusaduvusiratigor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/5800573894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetachikappasigmaalumni.org/clients/5/56/56ac51e2ee760b54d3ff8b7d53c877b7/File/74215800428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe2934f975---45448574700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da8e755d30---69147926429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096dd6bea89a---72679977064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/dezizevawuropaxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sclifeguards.com/clients/16854/File/nopowirenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5809c1fb1---91443825418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c134bd1ae5c---66621708022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/26370546929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/93989079438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b45e6c93b---nonunugupomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/mumuretuwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/fizore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jg4ad4uec6tfipcu35brbgdagi/42466261211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lcrigdbbv6rh713npgf5jalqh7/10291102460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813940e15b2---81938460799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+gastroparesisPDF 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_off0000ba9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2B4 10460 bytes
SHA-256: f8c17428c31234275b45cd5b72778868ad16ba38b4715074b480990f21429ce6
font_02_sfnt_off0000eaa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA6 15068 bytes
SHA-256: 903a4ce3cc3f5f465f559f9111240d03756445d623bc8441186db026c47d276b