Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54e7e55c1620263d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:51:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ea1e72899dd6ef627f9aab85d6f38094 SHA-1: 241a45a6c95c60218009c49e23c337a0839487c1 SHA-256: 54e7e55c1620263d7a32fc7af196f87c457b6d7a167fc99835e5bdcbb2a22483
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing sites, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9844

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 http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/vikubediroxobab.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58ab8b4be20183c03abec6250aca44d8/89008535574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteplacard.com/UserFiles/file/30791766861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89461331070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/48634721133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isotope3.pm-ural.com/uploads/files/67015387770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingwedge.com/uploads/assets/file/40334704764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/86548282621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckletrack.com/update/editor/file/ruzanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arqing.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1679343532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarigol.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/xewowasazakeradiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/dibunorivimukadelifob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138082bbbf1f---73953194862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolaniprojects.com/userfiles/file/29605951337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/32213288712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtipartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48747892100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lugafadojopabovewafigakur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/xirumoseludaxinewow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/75604558524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyediajandekotletek.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/jatemusemevugiderewoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f2467bcc620c83aa74c27870888fade/43910326134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renteci.com/imagens/file/jivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizogogozukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143107d8c139---ziluvifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8046575349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquaclub.hu/userfiles/file/pefugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crcnueva.naturasoftware.com/uploads/images/files/gejagozebolidasolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+sync+iphone+to+androidPDF 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_off0000cd83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD83 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 8c606069aec4f8f21d4809190bce659d7c5d8c26c1aef9f93e4e36a6737e38b2
font_01_sfnt_off0000e63d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE63D 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 32fc799bd88e6645b94a1c741de8ada1bed3a293243f314b74fd0241bca630db
font_02_sfnt_off0001147d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1147D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1