Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54c436e07420344c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 12:16:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6183004becdf0380592d159c30e6f88a SHA-1: 0cce49da25a91baaa53696050ac1daed62ee8752 SHA-256: 54c436e07420344c5e5bb0800ee67a65626d96a67f4a71d5b5c1d018ec457b31
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://myphamasia.net/upload/files/wajeriregunejipixaxure.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://guptajimarriagebureau.com/userfiles/file/dorerebezujalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droneducational.com/admin/userfiles/file/nexawamoxebuvalafibapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curtain.jinware.com/upload/files/bivimupifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f9ae14edc3abe41c6ffaa408e089975/40389243444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bovit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50bc93215708aaf0db275ed176a18534/72675680952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zerling.eu/nico/images/files/86886667973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b10d99cba8---zafanelaxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baove24h.info/upload/files/bewowuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesandsons.ca/userfiles/file/fagosiwusidewefamija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16826191396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/lajakogefitigivenobomat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/napazilixodiniviluwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://attackworkoutprogram.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97252899793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/025d8b7f5013bed20ee31f8b4d6669ed/20343114823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f89bb3cfe5---4937064119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianztc.ro/files/file/84708642146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lisafufinarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///54808357044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecrivains-consult.fr/easyonline/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zivexapafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkum.rs/files/lotom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-coeppicus.ch/userfiles/files/57829463568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nal5b3q7pkt58qr18qpaf2oof4/meluguvoxoziwusaxofepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/bulurejamixejigefijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+pragmaticPDF 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_off0000b6d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6D1 15700 bytes
SHA-256: 7757878b7ea0bbc2490d0b8bd5ab560578c91263cd0630c0a22f9cd974196ca8
font_01_sfnt_off0000de85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f69c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69C 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 9b6c1401bf8add9750ee3a2600bfd957f6740a5b7f114d1399d78f1248b77a60