Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54cd78a5d1708f58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:55:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 811d98aff03af8d0c1a03c18d9b497ff SHA-1: 802eac38deec8e37053f9b2e08066f00e928edbb SHA-256: 54cd78a5d1708f5864760cb487cb3d5a3e823f6ec054645ef1895473bbd7b211
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple unknown PDF files hosted on various domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68b9f3bf49---43107693218.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/waxuwuxijif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medbillings.us/lightspeedweb1/file/juvobivedisiviwulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82899690f6815b36678ef4e8eeef137e/kitenuvuzawozatuxudiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muskogeeroughers1967.com/clients/9/98/9899c641331876fb313f08ec475a0443/File/67732053350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/1128272580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonio-pelella.eu/userfiles/files/95384145737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vonaxesuvefuwoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erisalaw-chicago.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/75123603678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/43610169402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b34b0831267---1722060191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/75856614320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indel.sk/userfiles/file/ferodojutunegukegiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/82780599187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9647f3444a---20651576417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f4fef5221bbbd75b44753b0eef6d53a/ponutisumezapepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/45540096981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3380625b7---kamitaxeruluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drprdesaihospital.com/uploads/6167939013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be95c423d1c---2315673981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jokepelodotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsafar.ir/basefile/tsafarir/files/bonakiwuketigobedan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogimulogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abf41ad8af6e3ed47c2cec97aab91928/fikik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=daily+math+review+grade+2+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000c10e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC10E 16820 bytes
SHA-256: a65a3d5b0978c6c34f43d066b52518c0a6f772e1ee85457a0637090b6ab8d071
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF4 10940 bytes
SHA-256: e4692d6c56212ae6f8b012a4a8e15cb133f8f0621441e0d8d5e07636ead4fd76
font_02_sfnt_off00010530.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10530 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1