Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d54afe35bdd7e526…

MALICIOUS

PDF

165.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:51:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: ad6c7b878d7aecc6d27026b09a0dab15 SHA-1: 3dc6fe11913b4a3f344639dc300459a04d4c39e9 SHA-256: d54afe35bdd7e52627722880775dfee9b8b7d687181701ff4a27e35df6c5a98f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a phishing or link-farming scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely attempts to redirect the user to malicious sites, as indicated by the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' heuristics. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent to drive traffic to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9727

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://vietsaovang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/zaraliwibaruruw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/78264412209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/bikibesupaxanur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/34814212467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094acfa40155---xefomiridivokonowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee0954ed97a---wefigabid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/98581779017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e68bb2428aad8699f68c76ece7881af/zepavejila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hussco-steel.com/husscofiles/files/pudakal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6af8a3fbdc---bapaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conrays.ru/f/data/pawusejibiropotabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/guzifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antasboru.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/71189365947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd26b7af7d---40297092219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p65fb4lbo4ufrnq4umfjogat0u/kebimerawamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/bujobajorujofegup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/sexavofitalupumefunis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/tufarijud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkuazhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/75648828097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nagsa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7710594663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02740c2d93c987ce19ff4f94a32300f1/lusozujodisipixamudusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/julobimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/bawevakosarizoketa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085302bce977---mosojativipikekifapad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca06f5d7a5f---54159652458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pathfinder+advanced+race+guide+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000206ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x206ED 16132 bytes
SHA-256: 071bac7a3a90310621307d68123817e30fba7c89f9e5021c4391eb43bd8b9137
font_01_sfnt_off00021c64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21C64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0002347b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2347B 10732 bytes
SHA-256: d853da598b66fae5fe0ee7dd3b1d4b94aa594e59fe8ff9dd43bdf168e5f00e51
font_03_sfnt_off00024cdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24CDC 22552 bytes
SHA-256: 54cb60a45af02f79e2b79826853b161ee4a5b7a388286948f54616d1a60ed74b