Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54e80d62e20abaf4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:12:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 383d970fbb5ee7c1704fc41642ba1cfb SHA-1: 246fcc3ed3bbc539bc436e509d6c05f8727188a0 SHA-256: 54e80d62e20abaf4dfa55fc98b21056fdb8cf05d90869979d597f59205a96e9e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, indicating a link farm or distribution network. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5288ab8151---kofelatefir.pdf
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tokuru.pdf
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e48fbb130ff0f0361c0e83de1b8e6cd/sesukigawakipezinupuf.pdf
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/demexujazutebokakudep.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b511ce687a3---2406891198.pdf
    • https://burgas-remonti.com/userfiles/file/10159338484.pdf
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/90160374009.pdf
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/264e70f07efd5e829d67dd4befd348e3/65756382849.pdf
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8da794e57c---87574749908.pdf
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8493f7b61c---89396772618.pdf
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/078e64451ea364c51c5de946298a5ad7/30244353176.pdf
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/16607078043.pdf
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088172b3050c---55970029325.pdf
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee11d9e578f---51076020633.pdf
    • http://eco-versute.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7569164324.pdf
    • http://wideanglepackaging.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35024263861.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=foton+404+tractor+manual
    • 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_off0000e86e.bin
84358e9c51c12811be081822560cbf3aeee7e7c2d675fca423a38d12c54e5f11
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86E 10276 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff90.bin
b8952ebae6d637b2abb84e2969584f40e265d459fd9b808f620e7ff220babfcb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF90 19416 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001326b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1326B 16792 bytes