Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54e8487e5d6bc218…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 23:16:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8bb2e4b224fa36978e573d1c77b3ca36 SHA-1: 6429e514f5806f31ffe39d10b13103ee9c10a1ac SHA-256: 54e8487e5d6bc2180d7b4d9a3b7e7c88649c78120fc0c79babd459c59f1386b0
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, including one using a raw IP address, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage compromised sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/64232897732.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613498ff83864---tedepusudafenewebes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteyuri2.com/userfiles/file/tekog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/dosavumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316b2492f2b---37097027361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiredriver.com/uploads/assets/files/jojotovilelorogixaxibib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvantindat.com/uploads/2021-09-02/images/files/kebelifiratukurujogoxado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317fd1dd690---farelew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skinct.com/upload_file/file/Fl202109081854048110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/63859325877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarireggioemilia.it/userfiles/files/vadarigemupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fbbb14af338e80b1d9b69c7582a4320/kigopuninapebuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.161.111/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48420458362.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://cmoretv.com/userfiles/radapajunesonewowuzowipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0l074pfr4q2go7pvp973ooue1/weditolipoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truongthanhco.vn/webroot/img/files/81188431906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tch.lu/files/files/94523868277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedegelojinosisipabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home-consult.lu/userfiles/files/wunuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownchantilly.com/uploads/files/damarilevuxamusomesuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7761a9797ad90c1513a3b122089f552/zomidigow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/81409736267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korvioinfotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47615512700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofantino.it/userfiles/files/36576796006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autohausnschmidt.de/userfiles/file/90228407541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+font+in+stock+androidPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d599e0dddfb7fba7b3faa3dd050985a/rexisomanasuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d67b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD67B 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 249e32c27fbae6c1806bc075577d1138abd4a5bf87c62f3f5c9db1954f5380f0
font_01_sfnt_off0001052c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1052C 10880 bytes
SHA-256: f774655c11882c9ccd529f25d5b7e02104ab0388b2b31834a2b34a8a795b3dae
font_02_sfnt_off00011e1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1