Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54d15e0aced27fa1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-08-08 15:42:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: e66ad7e1b300fbabb47fafeca7f66036 SHA-1: 63578b1174f401ce810c15bbb25f287f972542ef SHA-256: 54d15e0aced27fa12d6a3ce22294b0a1107990ecebcd337ca210167dc655f06a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a QR-code lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://abpaluso.com/upload/file/55904016916.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b65482068a0---34702141850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ke20pva478m5p0jogdgn6qjaa0/46042839891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/420c1e1bba7f6074b46eca1888b23e88/84241133539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/pokizoxinepuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0a55c233a---bamawakitegapoduzanigaviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b52c8dd9d1d51fc6f72e22279511f90/duwoxoxojedofusado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphaconsultinggroup.us/vpw/images/file/33806169697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607619242121b---95176211744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2cbb8b767ecf58240991dbb92a262fa/70238923997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtprogetti.eu/userfiles/files/50794839668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5fdf6286e60d716beedac4349b5277c/67166724010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irastuff.com/admin/ckfinder/uploads/files/xegowovabazajem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/tujalemufaruxawemopig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/sunokavenara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/tunemusumokufizotejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a03f2c0f88c---49409950039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihdbd.org/upload/files/49568260017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioichuyendong.info/app/webroot/upload/files/rizeligugarupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92b83d3e51---loweloxeboniwezefovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d70b567451d7b89e060adcf5e63391c1/36088964075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607381e9a0840---fobogoxevibonurovofafij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=bmp+badge+softwarePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d43d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD43D 17220 bytes
SHA-256: fac29dabeb29fb885ace6513a5b4d1136c246a85c362a6f1446902ee65273d34
font_01_sfnt_off00010135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10135 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001194c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1194C 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 6f6e66b778e4ceca81bb1b86958fb361e969e20bb7e360c7e204066ba4a7e6d3
font_03_sfnt_off0001321f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1321F 2400 bytes
SHA-256: dd80d46274722532f0b143913cd96f19ffaeebe7b6df9a9a47a9f4853a367773