Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f54fc1224c0a5c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-10 12:25:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1afe1b24d0f04c36ed202d2624ca3e3c SHA-1: 75b968e8b8fdc78649b8aae5922ad38cb7324a93 SHA-256: 6f54fc1224c0a5c46a4f4fc7637baf80f2fbc236e07992547c4c103f4f621d09
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, and the presence of link farms on potentially disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 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.
  • 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 http://pr-jam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mojifusizerovuseli.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/gilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windmill-bv.com/userfiles/files/mikizikexaxajikiseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6826abeeb5---68369792264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owtsreunion.com/clients/e/e7/e717deb27d844c69ffc49b2d3c0bb1a5/File/77306374023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/kunapelinujixarudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///20216296542847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rallyteamwalraven.nl/file/36905238986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/fifememoxatizubonatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netiko.ge/img/Data/file/21083744794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhiminhhien.com/media/ftp/file/74754763511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef25fcd575---bosijevaxezemewaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eiqr4qtd51f5genhpto6mi912/35204200105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56ko0m8776c78agvu8qb6si97q/fuzinubidexilalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ost-fogging.com/upload/files/pazadiwakebaguzog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbf4f0b584b96f02a77c3b98e67879a6/semavukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujewosakumunubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b753f52602d---84616642555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44565b35c2---wamewikepufaxabejuweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sv6nbqln2iqre4acb48llv5mlq/fanemobilipefelovinis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733254f21d0---kodor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/56959049699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b655490e3bf---bezatovipisiwaxutupeviso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+darken+pdf+filesPDF 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_off0000f478.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF478 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 0e918241665c53685b7d03aec0e77b1c57e938a8c4cc81fa22fd53acff05fc67
font_01_sfnt_off00010cfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012510.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12510 17864 bytes
SHA-256: bdd5d807b15f9ade9e1c9d158e64b328bf029cfe0ab90e7c044bb6f2cc88807b