Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b54396315fa34453…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-10-01 05:04:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: db71697b1279b5da5d23bc86758939a5 SHA-1: f540049a06715048b6da17afb523413767df4fd4 SHA-256: b54396315fa34453d8e64a554c648d6a38e8c23a8cdae46f02ef174389f0fe1e
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and clickable actions. It hosts numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42341169597.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eastshop.ir/data/file/munuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfoleyinc.com/userfiles/file/noxoxajokupetunazigewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firesystem.ro/imagini_ws/43750976963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/99095599814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/11115872462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bipuvejopadubatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145f4c39cfe2---juwalojinekiguvesogofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88609630259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcp-ranstadt.us/files/84769064415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sts-cct.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/letagololo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/nujemerutokawena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krupongs.com/images/file/kigibosavogonazebeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/24541788509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iucecb.com/files/file/89442936256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msdoubrava.cz/foto/images/file/sibipolunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/77376283741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robuwawujikogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aaptuk.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3305020373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148b682d08e3---20053224432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132142ac9ac8---51487954501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capthepcongtrinh.com/uploads/news/files/gafinogowexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pol2-simf.ru/userfiles/file/wedaseru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5961086011514e6b65b19989d2fcc3e8/tewizajiziburodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=sex+games+you+can+play+on+your+phonePDF 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_off0000b2be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2BE 13764 bytes
SHA-256: 278ed3e63d412b0d79208d40120342697996f500bd2f2dd24587ec09663d954d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4B4 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 73d1681f8dcc356411cdf3516ebbc84588aff98a047d28bd49afbd809c70f3fb
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1