Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e54a042b63386519…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:11:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b2d317d5b0c53ae8b45b0a109eb5f105 SHA-1: 40cfbb44e7bb1aeea713f4c9f3e95a50bace3b2e SHA-256: e54a042b633865197b732125adabffc6e255a359cbda27a6e04642364d12d2c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to various URLs, including one hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=readers+theater+script+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://alumnicollegedelunion.org/clients/76066/File/zivelav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/suvibekoletiwevabis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac376a60d5d---ninulatikesutonatonepune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullgame.hu/uploads/files/934053070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floramarble.com/uploads/43202987189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e662f1d5207---kinopobexuviku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/5420564679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/40513013167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84548660846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608076b44a7ee---18789335345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synfarm.com/upload/files/sixilikojelezure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124d82405ba3---10923585902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/nikuvogavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/kudixipekazirud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0043c747cf00ed1606e40d2627b5ae53/nonubamidikodamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.ru/resimler/files/51336436828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c446517824715dbd4f535ef0766ca0f/29202005832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbd3869a64---30328659635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/38318727483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handlpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lafufebube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qca.ch/userfiles/file/69763313003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/94956403503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf278ba59b---66975047075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/35808785086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/tudesobupanilipenixaz.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_off0000df5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF5F 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 769fb417b76c7c1cfd91c8589f988527e08a9b9717b781f5ddfd30c8f8170c45
font_01_sfnt_off0000f758.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF758 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F6A 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 51c44f735b8cd5388f244511ab5c7593eeb97fb8d655bd6f22a8b1ff3affdbb2

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