Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c54654f6df5b89b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:44:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7ac065f2e56d489dd9505bf47b511e31 SHA-1: 5884cb7536a26ed6e2b9ba689fefe4b6b6a08056 SHA-256: c54654f6df5b89b1867e1cec5480463064c4af0c35a8cf6c284be6fd9069f19c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites, including a compromised WordPress upload directory. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and the ML classifier's high confidence score suggest a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9868

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/wamijekikurijipiforamud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/reduzenosexeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/guxizej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/vodipevig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210620222725435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b2744f9e9---4026718605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/54031274143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d25c993961---gopiwusuvupobujovikoduze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721d3ce12e6---rujepisigozavovotap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d6ebaf51f---mulubax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/nuvegeritigevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kt86k4jfnibp3n2dun0hdt2926/bugekosebagodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c24c82bed9---72173525086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f695888c70---30289195220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2a31c5308c5b0ea8bed25c7a07be893/22008280882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/vesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/89445395580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/lobuvususuduliweso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56eae21fdc---88826904153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14098e9cd0---jinuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778dd0c75cf---zonorasegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b428b63615a---2108777690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8f86a3874fc39162bd4c9e8b6a041a6/baleritekopekuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/2984210745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=driver+ed+final+exam+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013def.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000155fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155FC 1852 bytes
SHA-256: 927fbd6e1fd2ad5d621fbd216861e776272280f09e6c77cd8cfba2e060b93c5e
font_02_sfnt_off00015ea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EA1 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 02c16c10222dc87988a9742732c790b4c6da095b4c3fa1bb746dcfe2daff7748
font_03_sfnt_off000176b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x176B1 18848 bytes
SHA-256: ea62be7d746ea3701ed6622a57501c779a2234dc9e0bee65d4a8e8080007acea