Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54e85fff9ce3cd0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-08-09 10:03:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 9b54d33ab744fb4c22d7453e3bf88184 SHA-1: fcedda02c262d63fb75fb4f707cb64d0bf9763ed SHA-256: 54e85fff9ce3cd0e13d337daa617b23936eecb28d028af01c851b63b63f78246
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=baixar+pes+2011+para+android+apk+%2B+data PDF link annotation
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/jemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0bfd76bb75---sokokonodemazotekuxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/11434834321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5udua.com/contents//files/49571579207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61f8955f28---6554388829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36c326d8155649dffefa2a060dc31861/36097966509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28557f36ca2a62a1b017318833e5f639/bosaxajekapojerilixonezom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/917c8620d147d6d6ee3891a5573029b9/subabejir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31m0l4sedfkm70afgdjkb9bgfm/18322792918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/76208762280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4jbf279hd5k5v4jn0v84uvvr2/53770297371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102c08cae029---36317631548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/zuzasusapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/63403199216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20504eb2eb---51580700182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd8963e73808780b6c12b74abcd5b64e/57737329707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/96638512326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f02ea8d35---90709536661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ed307969d---9915091010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c07d925abfb07c3d9f748476c009ad96/dojage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatyzvule.cz/uploads/37345812514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/niduwosapivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430175813988896.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_off0000f6e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010efa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EFA 18000 bytes
SHA-256: 47721bc482f613a56136fd1fb252eb36db9f4bb2cf64f61d2fdd336efc9cdb1b
font_02_sfnt_off00013d1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D1B 10880 bytes
SHA-256: ca15474bba4cb57ceb3d22b89db41e77de51c57206fa34ca2b797341e19513dc