Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c54ae49320dfc5c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:03:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fea8d143c9d503ad2e65cde6e45e5275 SHA-1: d521f4df6554acd6b917d863a903769596bfd933 SHA-256: c54ae49320dfc5c228209526d827e3887d60cec3b25f2767543fc6726c5a9cdb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the hosted content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ncert+science+class+9+chapter+1+question+answer
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/lidunibude.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d04cc1751ab---famodamipo.pdf
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/49195347949.pdf
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa688906b9---palogabepokijagutagaku.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fhkef44unq5r58pevievgq1dt/tojugepu.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6o14f0tltstov6vo499cp2bfs/gipukatu.pdf
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/63391360309.pdf
    • http://dalaichau.com/files/negilakazebakedupagu.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c898845b18---tukajufilomipu.pdf
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11d6d47f4f---20744532917.pdf
    • http://indagosrl.it/userfiles/files/mibumisonojalivinixo.pdf
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210613162019_he4prd.pdf
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifofonumuxebalabavigu.pdf
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84632034f7---11138395212.pdf
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/xinukamox.pdf
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/bumodi.pdf
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7amtai6jl4t856anb594u35sid/52574714088.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b66cf1235---2397243129.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ugma4p9ngd50ltit8m15f0mn78/firimazadoluginawojaso.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba4f5b1e6b9---98201915469.pdf
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac11f7aefa5---xodisigewadokokulog.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4350134d4a6712a1782af60c47b61f6b/sufifaxeribaxopusubidej.pdf
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e96a4d790f2dd7598fe5294cba1bff48/95523759306.pdf
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925f4000ca2---poxek.pdf
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8891933a09---13018508220.pdf
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/3108805176.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb90.bin
a4024ce736e8e6224e8c9d17183bd2d947087ec94cc311ae9af88df80e127bc9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB90 17248 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001282a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1282A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014041.bin
343606fd84a4fddf6b78aa47192cca31f50563ad04a7ac089ffb303727e9e7bd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14041 11000 bytes