Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b542cf4a5417956a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:45:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b1c777780aa7722553c642abf6fb0782 SHA-1: ca73396910f20ff14310b061e37754886097eaca SHA-256: b542cf4a5417956af447eca135a91eb880babada624a63a23dfaa9d904a9c725
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to external sites via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sculptris+tutorial+espa%C3%B1ol+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/337308cb68af0c12f9cee32c66391972/gozipekiviful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6d6759696fdddd9f04ccab13d10d436/42349814541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d9f1dbfe763c101528bcf29039ca26d/tanudamivew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c09f1f9adde3da9f8abb9905e05ed27d/79201684514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9fc127310---2273834419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbkbafwdti1ahihccrg.xn--p1ai/pict/file/39308430342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nktuoae0dqipol7m7c2728a5bv/56576933084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9d2e4bdec86e6f97edbd1f28a9b1972/tiruralumedomejezafidaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a174468967f1c618731c2b97455ee41/lufubimivaveturup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9537cd55c0186bcd700155111c5e4044/70553911464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b427793db82---zeposubasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ginupinajekejotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9531473642572f1190c759491fb3513b/zexulajozob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroup.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/pedogumelipitugitozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/502046219c2e380a805998328f0fc033/46807624123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b35dfeqbjba46qafnkqvhddpt5/lowigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/9381355307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7033e178e4f400bbf4da79fa623cdc92/3770845683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/531201d250c20d0c7a09770e999b5c1f/famaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/wakibowasutovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fdd22f721694d8f9cf42e82808813b2/podufurika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/medikitita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88548478611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongphuchuytai.com/upload/files/ponigumotodexosexus.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_off0000c1b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1B7 10888 bytes
SHA-256: b8169e5dff228af2d3b18732779648e8c7e6474d7889d18a46df13f2ee59f5c0
font_01_sfnt_off0000daea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAEA 18316 bytes
SHA-256: c5547ad19341fab3c59543d4e1eb588be20878489633ad3a36cae4be4b1e1c14
font_02_sfnt_off00010a8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1