Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54d8c18161bd4e0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:20:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 81ed78a14b684d6c9cafd7ed098dcafc SHA-1: 63f25e553a3a1c86ffb0a11e0ff187874f183c11 SHA-256: 54d8c18161bd4e0cedee21831b132f723e0511f07e55406bad21381903f1a007
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of a 'link farm' heuristic and the ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/xipefetixexazavib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://musicandyouapp.com/webupload/editorimg/files/vudamafizetigosirukibevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355d8bea490---87919463113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wheatland1971.com/clients/25033/File/dunuvenumidexexetilikex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16258143386188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/xafidepefurolugolemujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/xefukukofisumimez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b051aab4f38---22146818289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-7///20217242128257836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lws-realestate.com/userfiles/files/63154024268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a041b5c15b710da2c0a861724eda873/57178245862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/pebiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/jazorulivubope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d198a13a1ffbaf95345ac602f6867763/mexebomukefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b75f54dbad---94071185590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--arbeitskndigungsrecht-best-5zc.de/userfiles/file/55757205286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d7e9b953e52333449497f4c0bb29b67/zoguse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908dac4959f---nusedojam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609888cd14a91---33907727564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/xaputunofixumatewuxameno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c968cdd802---vurixadavagopipugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perlawarmii.pl/userfiles/file/wigufopufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cancionero+de+baladas+para+guitarra+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_off00010a23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A23 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 1a76a4e1cef3a0655d95ecafc11f19910f2c026e27e409fb87f334993fb75d9c
font_01_sfnt_off000123a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013bb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BB4 21284 bytes
SHA-256: 49eb86601a8a037515dc0808ac1ee5a6ffaf7a6cf9813cc97da4d02955bfd4bf