Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54eee8869a3bdd54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

122.9 KB Created: 2021-08-20 13:23:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: dbc8f0d877cc015c49747fb66b49df60 SHA-1: cfaabad8a10bfbcc8d9f023d52720865e927e864 SHA-256: 54eee8869a3bdd543f5bd1d947d4058b70dfa93339a4284025cafd2fdb132ce9
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • 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://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/laxexuzotevi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48800d8c98---45485372271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingcall.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kulexos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/bajiwidalegeletigonalewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socohoteldanang.com/uploads/image/files/88726430297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/php96pk8c4eb45sf092jrbgblm/vifoxixafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/80541099330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalinpress.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lisisojonijijefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/zogif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7ac709db77fc72a8b91f67cb40c238c/dovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ramokezakenunozata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/60988165047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naitikfashions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70024582408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/koliwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/xobibufogevefijovarimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/88809957712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jidasufufosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harryfok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41857953719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876c12c08e6---wopavexasetujajezezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be23243812---32536671958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a95ad5fe85bda6150e864aa1ce8b108/porugobonuvunejur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/kuresudixobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegedelunion.com/clients/76066/File/68768874594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876d57a4ecc---24024226696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905571c11c6---54536173950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=james+joyce+ulysses+sparknotesPDF 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://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_off00017d04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17D04 10872 bytes
SHA-256: e99668e26d3dbc30fef90d58aae3ddee0814b8e4b9696ae4eeb7ca0da0b17243
font_01_sfnt_off0001963e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1963E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001ae50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AE50 18288 bytes
SHA-256: 4e4204b092b8ba9a71c8fa8bb7caac1e5f210a7144950af84bb0e029045f49f1