Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54e27f9440c86888…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-08-10 10:09:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 837cd2411a19b5aa613dcffd3d0e5623 SHA-1: dee9a83862203929a15f0be9057ac465e298825c SHA-256: 54e27f9440c8688831e59cc6cd9785e44c89384b7aefb39371e7ebfa4bfa70c0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. Heuristics indicate it is a link farm and uses social engineering tactics, specifically the 'ClickFix' method, to prompt the user to run a command. This suggests the document is designed to lure the user into executing a malicious payload, likely a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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.
  • 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://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ec1a742ff---57837671129.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cce6a96bb38---87876606871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://excellencetogether.com/img/files/file/7646428982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/fomalanenedurume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9fd89e347---10000022949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/1258603331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/90160234754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/bubuxuveziramefamogufunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4br6mrkq4kcfmnq1rr21icge8k/mugofupadovavudirasira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiampelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d4a4328cf033d46e8f71853fa76a9bf/kaxezaxerusadexapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/3963966258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27959164349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddd1eafa6df2e925044780786b1671a9/83597576783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcfteumkm4i6mifl27a6ng9cjd/96194127276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/mokorusadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zeberadug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/23651792239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbm-mova.by/images_from_html_editor/file/31901682641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/39785106106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/545bd5cc04f0e89ba870e5ab605e64dc/66361204539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c666118eb7---35358561645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc3a8119b15---goxitenifogobimeroko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfddea7e44---65007990787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/muxugukilufabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/rowox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=activation+code+for+windows+10+pro+cmdPDF 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_off00011483.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11483 18360 bytes
SHA-256: 7f19ffe40ff014dd982de74d7f299112d23a85e5b6902961d0e69ec2bafbe8d1
font_01_sfnt_off00014539.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14539 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 6ff74232de58ec0433d499b98331ab6515e0cdb3842d2eda47e336477d424772
font_02_sfnt_off00015f12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1