Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54e9c03ec732bad8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:12:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a0d85c755bfca5d50003f54c0f5b29a7 SHA-1: 84c1b9f9f906332d2e6d1210933f387738ca27cd SHA-256: 54e9c03ec732bad83f097da997aa23df6e3400f0621277a1b426c586aed6f9a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely leveraging a spearphishing attachment vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+part+4+pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614563f19134b---64587425122.pdf
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021090712174273499.pdf
    • http://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vesuxoravoratewudewifugo.pdf
    • https://bushregenerators.com/userfiles/files/megepimopenedemowod.pdf
    • https://myclubowners.travelenvogue.com/userfiles/files/84152909952.pdf
    • http://jingkangchem.com/upload/files/7562752311.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130bb6ec5e43---zabefafuketarexizuwo.pdf
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/40950137402.pdf
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/ponujipikeropubewuje.pdf
    • http://goodfortune.hk/UpLoadFile/file///wivowolatojagurinomab.pdf
    • http://autofox.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/memobefedodopazif.pdf
    • http://cx-gl.hu/images/files/27648739667.pdf
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/kewanidomonaw.pdf
    • http://smenergy.kr/uploaded/file/6198378126132861ba2650.pdf
    • http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/lomax.pdf
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/zudogagufuwegelivozimiw.pdf
    • https://tadimtursu.com/image/files/12248837971.pdf
    • https://medius.sk/userfiles/file/juxigifa.pdf
    • http://yeongwonenc.com/userfiles/file/pelepodatusot.pdf
    • https://ka-base.no/images_students/files/notiwaxikajuvit.pdf
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/luvodajuw.pdf
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents/files/ropuwajuwavumasuv.pdf
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a040286ca4---fekevapowizami.pdf
    • https://tes-sys.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210917/16318846653425.pdf
    • 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_off0000dd2e.bin
26506f05ad0f5e2aa02e14a570408475e434dff6a9d2674ee0ba785d9a09b072
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2E 10264 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f464.bin
0c5af71322ec81dacea46f3633a6c0a0c9c70c475aff85e39265de667aaa16ad
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF464 17580 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012179.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12179 16792 bytes