Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 554fcdbd11c394e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:23:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 95e5d6986fc3f9594271e516d37c74ad SHA-1: 852d47dbcfb0be7f677b8e6d2de470f03ca2bd70 SHA-256: 554fcdbd11c394e6bdd1b68979dfa77fd7a02d026fb1b24831660b78f7a71b5e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. Heuristics indicate these are likely used for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the primary goal appearing to be directing users to malicious content via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bdffbf972f8bc77c68405ff3e73baf0/juwakafurabelefixogonibex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f7d2717b0---wovojobupej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hmnf2t3cd3htlt00thut6koum2/bewax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/68460819406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b00a8ee6a---vapomineborago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3bd4f147dd---41915331807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/616a4744996ee389b89f326b1ed05c84/68597306639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/3540833916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c80fa90283---152107307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thangmayedex.com/webroot/img/files/mimapuvewizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamhanoi247.com/upload/files/rivowejixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/67390807452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/36428870201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6ov385cj7i8p3d623gdg79odv/95955315428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/biwuloxebewasikol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/40000791245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2eca78ada---lufuxafirofuloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeebb8494493df8cddf2548eae37232e/jofiwaxewiperejezojut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfd3fec27aa---sitowusaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df8171ea7e---7057862211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4te3e61d8uopt7nhrh72gaduim/94738353854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e1b62c2d55c0f1afdf686c7493031e8/suxedibawipozobefijired.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39ec62860535de3da984d9186158fae7/zavipevixoxefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/73086162047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=tax+credits+overpayment+written+offPDF 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_off0000e5d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5D0 11068 bytes
SHA-256: aeba56ed09c53f7cbfe3d027e4802c40d898d0d9fe0cbcf4e079607d0e71b076
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000117cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117CF 17060 bytes
SHA-256: b05224209df46ae2592d682ae10d632062e3b4473b9c4e1f2434f505fa87f2c7