Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54d552a8a49e76d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-10-02 21:27:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 70844f6ff38c1251cc563328d84c0ea7 SHA-1: 77feb8d98f24dd680416f70690d23902ffee9032 SHA-256: 54d552a8a49e76d7491272ec4a69d9e6317afd7865de36ed3443bdbd8d8fe976
124 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 websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm, likely to distribute further malicious content or for SEO manipulation. The ML classifier strongly suggests malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=person+drawing+guide PDF link annotation
    • http://naturalwonders.com/uploads/files/82331406974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/186e4c4ac7e0d926bef4ebc6d98e8583/kujivateme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesterteto.hu/userfiles/file/59298163394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/xatemawinirisure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bela.geekers.tw/upload/file_folder/file/59035540242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapfenberger-schuetzenverein.at/userfiles/file/warafegulitivigebidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210905054326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.borzabadi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74266004590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marchmont.ru/imgs/file/nuvewurafujumiras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkeweblongan.com/upload/files/xobabobopitifazeweniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b127ce60544993d6e1bd4108f764c72/limeviguxupasamiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155fe7bcea2f---vubidava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/wadojipukasofegezef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/meladigerevogibusokunok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status.cz/UserFiles/File/welasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vakekezonege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieukhactransam.com/uploads/files/72521614662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/gizeguzoxezazomet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magazinul-de-instalatii-sanitare.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/78244326314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukigejewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/gimexogepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614df86fb6920---fipegiwuxuj.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_off0000af9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7B3 10468 bytes
SHA-256: c5ef89b0a1ece45fdbd06e43f48ca6b52cbda02d754b116e3ca2a2a1ae614029
font_02_sfnt_off0000df70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF70 15024 bytes
SHA-256: 016b117a60a41fd1600665de7f0c0845ebbc3190609dcee9ec9f0640221cb86e