Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54cb2b895bc77efe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:05:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 276ba9790a29c6dd334a8de0adbaf4fe SHA-1: c3e10f4eff78d3f8d191d86d2995139b37869e13 SHA-256: 54cb2b895bc77efeb23a5801285d7c289933d7c3ea28fbde4bcdb6f2a4b7742b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 http://tmkb.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lutavager.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210812_9F02F0A2855B21CD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/14952414371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764e8aca32b---12914677620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/damoruvoromekivejizozoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161349e1eaa62b---79439601314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdibhhn8a90b1ueamrbaa0m95t/77798308379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/bebolabemas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c65d6e1cc45db4cd5a6f8d3533d41023/5066590465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809573e0c6f---nifevadavov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/danofumakekene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73dc5dc24f---14874289893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5839d5591---vewojavuremezikonawuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clase86marista.com/clients/25276/File/69315122121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b6ddc1f2b---79553780031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/setulereranadakifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf875d80bfb1d84329def53fd38566c7/34901174217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfc1651610---49152716214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/97125224540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608389beae0fa---12717245268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6915dd18d4590e06723ef40fd2065c9f/560795056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8069d1332f---54441034543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/52519357471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fm3cghpptm3d4b3km6k0eaj8u/19026742098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koslita.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pubebabipukadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=epicureans+and+stoics+pdfPDF 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_off00010078.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10078 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 367a2dfd2144573a6e8e93d80c905b6324b8c5b75caa07b85d89a26b552fb1ca
font_01_sfnt_off000118fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118FC 21192 bytes
SHA-256: 937056bbe3a9bb9c985cad57e10c9d1026f20974fec4fadda21da295f5706e7a
font_02_sfnt_off000150c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1