Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 554ff35b722d1674…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 20:45:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dee3b13b05be9bd1bcb4674a1f848d53 SHA-1: e4f62b7f9c562dd17184f384c680add3cde8418c SHA-256: 554ff35b722d16740afb3a1d8986cbb65f21a1535402e7b287f2bacf20b4d95b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. 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 campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+pdf+open+source
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91deca8e5c---95704229261.pdf
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f43f698d0---jojum.pdf
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95dcdf0afe---66961418188.pdf
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/fazaval.pdf
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1624876687.pdf
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/45658731708.pdf
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80ab1c60ba750ff4465dfa32b17911d3/96806125088.pdf
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/88519424389.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2728daabc---lisezegudavuke.pdf
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc07ab3f7d4---lexeguwupolexuzizegag.pdf
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755ad1be107---32296298338.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac493f8d3a0---36828252515.pdf
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/98076135744.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9948e5c51---sufuligusobedowodiragebub.pdf
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/kafidoxalom.pdf
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81da427583feb3ab6f3da8818db64d43/74308040739.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/110929458552.pdf
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed9e03d153---4679873837.pdf
    • http://crabandclaw.com/uploads/files/63772234480.pdf
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19d872910fd00c494773bb92b33a6bc/24993547246.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3359397ad4---dutonaradaxika.pdf
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750fa27f530---rexaxax.pdf
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915790c373a---tazurox.pdf
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073bfcc9b8d6---22703980097.pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086037cd0c26---lusupetesa.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_off0000b9a7.bin
6d21ebd2d77ff99c2b2d2736254b7f22227a4eb230ac1d762a0dba0edb8eb373
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9A7 10388 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d145.bin
5c16559b8698d18c8478d062466a062d6a1dbb11de907c0a83c402a2f5c41589
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD145 17728 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe29.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE29 16792 bytes