Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55ba543c8c2f6621…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:52:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 15a1e21ebe52805293750a72ae11b713 SHA-1: ecaca2ad29a9baf703b7804c0661e30691932eff SHA-256: 55ba543c8c2f66210a5c4fefac7f1acc2f4bf4381b550a609af0dc7f597f8f1d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded URLs are likely used to download and execute further stages of the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=face+chat+hack+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://intersat.lv/files/file/vovaganoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://illustrations.noche.fr/images/files/62775563864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/todovajirujimovarivefinev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416729461ba---nagititofuwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/juxokarupetudomotatokuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaldanceacademy.com/userfiles/files/selegafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8891986ec78de39bdd80ddc397d2d478/fevoponijizofadisovepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202109091557559170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyozenemeryville.com/uploads/files/90304783454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drjou-vc.com/upload/files/42888002172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/46666246550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.miotsukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gamarubinelebibaguvazul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahyuh.com/uploads/files/202109111116554785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75958925276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stradatextiles.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mikegumoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/lilolexun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.keizerco.nl/userFiles/file/59783755818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solar-makernavi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90993710034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/sexatarujovupataliluli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbizkorea.com/userData/board/file/30471793082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jasajufisamomumoteve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef5tcps71l7ggf0mv93ale1ia6/nanatavosixogedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/41171538644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/vepapuvojowijujawoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.info/contents/files/39139160386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/tojunowetopexokovuwu.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b53b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB53B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD51 9912 bytes
SHA-256: 7c0c533c8c7b4a594352aee169dbb0f1120f8f991f3666640433fcbc139bd14c
font_02_sfnt_off0000e358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE358 16000 bytes
SHA-256: 6b3a64d4dc0c03d94306cee5409cfec94bdfe5d02bbebc36bf0d0d7d3a68b630