Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54e9795ddbe80b5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-23 10:34:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f2e7b959d8cf7802e8111bcaec0bc32c SHA-1: d1debb6135b696baa4656a3391d6c3adf6b6ac5a SHA-256: 54e9795ddbe80b5a09b8b0b30b426ed1f70249cb7afe2a1cd63a187a2f818de5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further support a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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 http://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/86630976276.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/47074155162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ca3363d0d---86590421424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/nixamefanunujotuvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cb48c8d21---71706053873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24f1b07770---zuverefev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57804e1b4a70046d89289629a3411e19/kawosulixidomavolazemawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/88539030659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3becb7d32---morufewaxijalokenojopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a6540bf1e---86724065242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862c66dc470---3275342452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc62b631b7---rinawunadatokig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/9603407147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/genetibig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/6597151144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0nivqk4sl9itned76h2kfsrkes/38019355302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6b07cc11f---sakebazuxudowabubevilige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae57c1597f---kavolatinifavisowesetab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c835d82b4b---57774984280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=hand+geometry+biometrics+pdfPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010f39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F39 5432 bytes
SHA-256: 8a2b595da19bdec5bc843b6b081caa81594b7cf65fef5bdf8c51ed0b9ee3dd39
font_01_sfnt_off00012199.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12199 11752 bytes
SHA-256: e81e35660b3af1014576706f88580bf103c4a5b59dfcdc772ca17b298d0b9e1f
font_02_sfnt_off000148a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148A5 4324 bytes
SHA-256: b50a2106bf82917db0cd3cf88f63c5e8cc3298b343ace5cffc591b35df33d24c