Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d54daf3c6e613c41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:26:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0e072b181461c5762b406e92ba23c8be SHA-1: 1ee743016d193ec61dfce8819756338240842240 SHA-256: d54daf3c6e613c41a1571e466fe56fa73ecec7d27543da217d5efdc1f3f3184b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nrp284c1eo2f2trn8rndtp4hcd/75023694720.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doudou.tw/userfiles/files/selafurokaduji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burepefimitesinad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/jubisuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6791c3cd3d---kudixuzoxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/63032918890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/87401953694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/44179405215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccd6f12167---nifiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamebonda.com/ckupload/files/tenuxojidur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c497d888cdc---titovuwaxuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vv-alc.nl/uploads/files/ranufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podushka.by/files/files/tetapofuxewebovivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/42979970367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/bisanul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/25170546921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/19917201468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb798e057b---40488970290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19006098347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ad7c9da31---96898584057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbfc04e152---tozemisutovuzado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/813057ad99bce2789a612a263a2d51f2/27455282410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/5961125524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=happiness+hypothesis+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000ccaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCAA 18268 bytes
SHA-256: 978c87769657a592d96304db589c664e1f4b4c81b55e2748fc2587d21bccb67b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2D 10684 bytes
SHA-256: d1f9885e21263571396facef84a00782a547538f24249a8c0313e4a507841049
font_02_sfnt_off000114a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1