Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d54686c578e20d49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:21:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 700d6fb2eedb427d228e6df3a1dd4b8c SHA-1: 951152c26a23ffc4d9fafc679f3ff64e282b95c7 SHA-256: d54686c578e20d49bbc83156080b5e80bd14a4c2bc791097c4b625e2ff8d7387
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detected it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', and an ML classifier also flagged it as malicious. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it's used to distribute phishing content or further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/puzabi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeb22ff3aa41f8e2e004e6d4097781d4/64445650433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/ririmikupodoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bd8a26c43---dewifevisutafotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/novewaradevawimukubufeluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/vosapajewobupipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad34c5c64c---vujovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8c139eab2---gukibefiguxinajunukota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5v8tkrm3mlchmfj6v0jsorg40p/31734625587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ks0c9k2q3jqmjfgr8k1rm06ihu/diritonepikoxebowetelotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/82280443437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifewofezivumizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43adc6cf93601a3e015ea800907cf8e7/53396443939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/9551241778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/biwimaxubazejon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infosierra.es/images/editor/sinuwifuvimulasofadosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/sirozoremoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bbd0t3eu9jk479k00k7g79h56/wiwejovepowusumuvogofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/8713711802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/huv98j0ps3lnu7quaq2no93ql1/85035080336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/8405423787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijahlaurabishopblack.com/clients/b/be/bed082b287f5bb70db4763ab929fc18a/File/ravixonopifawuvewewusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210628041757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=dc+motor+generator+pdfPDF 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_off0000cf5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF5A 10656 bytes
SHA-256: aaac98a3762612252515af951a1cc2c9304e369c11fdd90edcd0f89bb32ba0ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000e785.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE785 16304 bytes
SHA-256: 47ec0ea93baefcdaab79457c4058dc3c43c9565c851ed0ac9c7a42a246b117e6
font_02_sfnt_off00011142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11142 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1