Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d54b2e84cc8a99cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-06 06:54:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5420a1595246c3bd310723217a85281f SHA-1: cfe246fb3da3758b3ca9d79fead4d34b1beab817 SHA-256: d54b2e84cc8a99ccdcb48c50ef1368c162b98ca63f19e4d98db2c44a59dac30e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary goal appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=i+want+your+love+gay+film PDF link annotation
    • http://theshippyfamily.com/clients/57051/File/widuxesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/905b9dfbf302aee387d6ffa255e691a2/9666736229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/22927741009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77600e685de4692545fc17e564cf6f17/jedebuketezopatujosijuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f454416142---bufivenikoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/zumarozobuwadoxazupezigip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1ji5fb6gosrbae4au7roc15cs/28911561890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bmtv5g49u6es2ovfmoaarrmgr/32068819212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a4afc025e452d1cae1cbae5497e682a/fapipukamekiwivuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/zafelarobimasaxuwexakik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/84789738644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7f312f613a02af923e4d885aa4acab0/worupapuriwenolovife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607544589be00---narubodukobudebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f94d78f312---16376291093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b22eace92ac0c613ae4af003eed2777b/wafewilamorosewububeror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/gobuwemazera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7e09bde4525d2a896c22cf324173035/waworamijanifejapafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4fed35ec4---3148288259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/87686166577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmkt969himjujulgjutf0hcgq5/91464827509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheinmotel.com/userfiles/file/2483072348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40533014765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eb82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB82 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 98cbf604500678c962764262a3cd06d838a907a5b238bf9f48ad9206abb9a5ba
font_01_sfnt_off00010424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10424 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C36 17436 bytes
SHA-256: b8ed04c5d8689ffc72351af763aceb7c643799460da386765eaa74e6b6c3bc39