Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54edc7adab213d20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 13:55:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 79f9cac294a0466d87f710f273a6a834 SHA-1: d67013451f2da93bcda009c8f645ef7b2c946bdc SHA-256: 54edc7adab213d207392aa9e6a7b38b8d98be2c0de298f6a52aed97b81a62255
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=madness+combat+nexus+game PDF link annotation
    • http://only-svet.ru/upload/files/90037805235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d4496c574---tekelifajovezejisabadov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/28043970186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newworldss.com/uploads/file/10165382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33e4fa4fa9583dbb3457adbabec8586d/visuzoxixepedejezenewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/legupemededigawulibaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///89870081934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akvanova.ru/sites/default/files/53386956697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brno-skoleni.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63902629008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsjxh.org/filespath/files/20210910010749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saikekanglun.com/filespath/files/20210903021546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/kaxelotobuxipinovume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhandmadeitems.com/userfiles/file/16345691101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jasajeganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmupocq9nmnkkt1b5fk4gokfe2/87945650319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentralperdana.com/file/poxesidexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--49st2et51duvk.com/upload/files/99338304934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46698646439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wiskind.com/filespath/files/20210913151058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consurs.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45851403990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullerton.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/19905025923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zilalcooling.com/other_files/File/23046450026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/91874304642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138469309292---bipasalenawometebasinura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20123853646.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f95b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF95B 1884 bytes
SHA-256: 1a02648605b077effbb842b083c66b0e466b44db270e1c986184627c8f77afd9
font_01_sfnt_off0001022d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1022D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A3F 18448 bytes
SHA-256: d9e97ebd8826a5bd9b335dbccb90cddcbac97716ee44234e510d64dcaf7ef2f8
font_03_sfnt_off00014aa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AA8 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 1fff5157d9f2f6eb3431de7ba49bce6d68be6747ed654a3c61761cdeb4ac0a52

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