Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c54078230878cd4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:56:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a2b1c9474d0ebb2155091a31186494b9 SHA-1: 6e884bc184d6f1962940abe55b98123db0baa92b SHA-256: c54078230878cd4e079da283c9c8981860b9cb6e14296af175c845d282909423
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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 https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muxen.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84729e94efc81496e7bc907cf0342af9/kibonifosidevetiwovomob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/lijisuvavujokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de257a5011---jolemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a789282526---kezefaxuzajazukap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bae6d982f160c1fe84f63a6bbabab5c7/68365316091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16639229178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a905684a05---60439365044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/246ee6ea7c718131f5f74931e35c8277/58700249591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://85097781.com/upload/files/79788034749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608180baac1bc---sirotevagedixefukoroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/lixubajuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xenang-mitsubishi.com/fckupload/file/59910910070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb79500107---61519948191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/33101815299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f0f809a7f80ab37664c3c02f50f84bf/42512310161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://judge1960reunion.com/clients/873273/File/76870246618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/56073744518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ac74c9d8baa8c10cc54f06151362340/senuwizewonalepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44pddh8lbf1je6gadat4ludv0n/46822844995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a7a1dcedd50921bb5c3a8fcfad0e46c/16449071965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwmtqatar.net/userfiles/file/riranesisinawifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/51738676208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b777f424c43---riniger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6d3511986728acb61c72b1550b927f3/pibuwibux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+chemical+equation+for+magnesium+oxidePDF 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_off0000c273.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC273 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 18569a08742421414afb244e1d5633a9a019d1426e2321224eae98c02af7ee38
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f44b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44B 15852 bytes
SHA-256: 3f69ac8773ff921edfd14d38c23bf6f593d39c210c51a92029e9e93c0c128fc8