Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54c2d0e9236d8189…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-28 06:08:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 9f42bbc775a08392f2c329773e787b45 SHA-1: 19218c2c5b45c1f7f7c732bf0ad8bec560e17b76 SHA-256: 54c2d0e9236d8189c2fef1d40d98a392631fd663c8217482238492f3dcd1b200
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tekken+3+apk+download+45+mb PDF link annotation
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/40153237200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/45925360177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32aaf25a4f25e023e442a920faed15e7/82181746385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/fuzajufuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7adc6319325a2541007aa0034d1c470/buzamenitemojedimedetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahcarpets.com/userfiles/file/91174508233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_100DF90F03D18205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42784320866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202109170043223445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/wanumabejixonelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe8c9059f0---32913887463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/xogamapojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/mosalalitodefugawini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210928014457_vnw7uf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurochen.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/lojuxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbimaugiao.vn/Images_upload/files/gejuxejuzatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafitym.kz/files/file/83039690275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evabizz.com/userfiles/file/1020252304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ver9.sonikgps.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujifabewot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56b03ee27b5f4359d94895bb88cea274/75515103339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanraimundo.cl/dyn/uploads/file/tagimipazupobawujakuvutep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tamtrebinhminh.com/public/files/pegarisisudopimaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baocaosuhoatoc.com/luutru/files/35801088071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000aecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAECF 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 8cb5ecea69261eebda27151063826119bc507c338114e56a833c2628a9e08286
font_01_sfnt_off0000c76f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC76F 16020 bytes
SHA-256: c9821f8ad72ba231566609ead2ec57e5374dc8341e445db814b3f56e166a1cc1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1