Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54e40ea6017e4c97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-08-16 18:18:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: db40afb8ab7f4803b802edab0ca4a5b3 SHA-1: 451d7768f7a5e45d24a1a70beedc281fd0bf3712 SHA-256: 54e40ea6017e4c9744c9466ee5e5c80bdb9629caa0f131af9a8e8aec845699f8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838ae0e319f---77266337838.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/mewekubiwakapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98165521656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210701160052157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsis.com/upload/ckfinder/files/68746406099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omegaplus.bg/uploads/pages/files/74472245507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thephinhmienbac.com/upload/files/12662728668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh8t3jqafbgjmrb4n8mnvgs3e7/31370453419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/mubodujexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/roeqo69bp4t45i662bmt787cse/31724848078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f76b5bb8bb---61844036622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/779c4f6b2a5d70cbf35aa71ff01fb006/daletipupovutetiwemimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathayred-csr.com/img-cathay/files/watevubanotazadafadaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19997756079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/retezujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a6e22d716---wiweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e93331db728ff84d4359a44ba29080f/turalituzigifolelujege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835d5e8d43e---wenisenazudazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1dgmqdhhh0h02n918e0ov470e/500898744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///27576559941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mottaing.eu/userfiles/files/dapoteworotez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/59231074631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/fogapotel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/16339181447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59b1a21242815458a14e5ae5d9404e3d/33041969937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/39767953784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2193ba443c---xokozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=deutsch+klasse+6+diktat+nominalisierung+von+adjektiven+und+verbenPDF 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_off0001064f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E61 18440 bytes
SHA-256: 04be6ebfea159077ac26cb55698d861d5a19d927b8f63137e47656635ce9c760
font_02_sfnt_off00014d3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D3F 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 5c3bebc5add38c40faecbab4da9c5e4a9d5289b5ff8cd7c65d10c7a36907288f