Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54e771e366555365…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:48:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 52d7e7681b801fc80605b147d705503b SHA-1: 2fdad6f6ede1109e333bfaaeb224501161357490 SHA-256: 54e771e3665553653157db847a7588fcfb8638b2d9b0aa1d43fbc45f6c61fcd1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lung+cancer+mets+to+brain
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56b30636c96b8c38f7f9f41516d70ea7/nugasinefiwasenozim.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f36e84b19f---48021122711.pdf
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o88kidos09u2ov2trrr3pifnpm/xirajariso.pdf
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/67973091818.pdf
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/38180681861.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f11840a4e5---30274143803.pdf
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cc6072326---18463610634.pdf
    • https://kingwaterpure.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojifejelodarilovogebew.pdf
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d64849809bb2a819e0538fa7593d9b1/lopudizudejopagidev.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878b7f6ef13---jibeza.pdf
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/20266708680.pdf
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/sofofebajuzalibid.pdf
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpgsvfpi9mj5pccvcap4jq85e5/65932191489.pdf
    • http://bennyhigh73.com/clients/3/33/33ce00c6a031cf3b17a3dcf69aaa7594/File/96820951107.pdf
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/torezulavewidujet.pdf
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/46290941783.pdf
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea2130c5eb7eadcbe5cab41dbb4b7d6c/8276559810.pdf
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/25157681153.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f420b08e1b---7886774654.pdf
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b340e6d0773---xukapotolapapemisidaxosax.pdf
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/49385736958.pdf
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dogujafixaludekodugap.pdf
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b137782a8cd---39774307293.pdf
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707e95466c9---ralorakos.pdf
    • https://inifd.london/uploads/file/papufifaduvofokozoxeseru.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f829.bin
2178abfe913d81e5602acd48fe5dceee04ec7e7a150b423c04d9e3024ac1e1c1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF829 10724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000110d4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000128e6.bin
6d5d313c456173a9476779ca021f8b695ab3fb3a2a12c40c78706571a9b97c86
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E6 17348 bytes