Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f54c8f40cc8335cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:28:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 87c8765e88f1c83a4956b855ba4683fe SHA-1: 7a498a3759acf7336e6c1034fbbc86d3e1a79807 SHA-256: f54c8f40cc8335ccc53666083f537c00e421ab1768444c8083c76b75158fa678
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, hosting numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable domains. These links are likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware, aligning with the Spearphishing Attachment technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89202d7b94b2fdb6c0eb11b05c6c974/77759455355.pdf
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/xujeworafasuxun.pdf
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9106ade3e89e135ca8642dcf99fb1258/noguseruve.pdf
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b43e946b8---tubuli.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/lerivasizoririsanoni.pdf
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ccc276a670445d6b90a26ba61873356/2239242598.pdf
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa5da6fd909ac4cbf425fe63db55d3e8/80039098524.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69f8ce8f7162ea218145bd03b9f29827/53862704538.pdf
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/59956917637.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fgeodpr8fm80jibcog6ac4gms/ludoxoponodix.pdf
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oi2m4t4c2apend4hc1j690h867/zapes.pdf
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82abcfb99e647e9c5bf1806468e99b56/jofubofasolajexigafasi.pdf
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d139cb85a6---dagetuvalipibopupif.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f074aa2dea---butaninodijiwowusarake.pdf
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37d760d964a01588ea8242d8a2db41d2/bosuvib.pdf
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/kozapegikamamid.pdf
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/71597755776.pdf
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ee77adfac301a4b32510813ea846226/babejojurow.pdf
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fec973f332aed01c62e3b7ba55a921a/tujodixesan.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/286938b250b6f2e6326eb7ca7d247498/52694420325.pdf
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e7efa20b0---51053366592.pdf
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/26416239703.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11255cea7d3f63255c6ec3aa96e8b1d6/zejubipomuburidevevivedi.pdf
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab98f4d7532---71236598793.pdf
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607294162c32f---misuvi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hillyard+c3+cleaning+companion+manual
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f4ad.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4AD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010cbf.bin
9a9c687f1af965aed86abc26a2344ee23e68872ceb54102fe863cfe86043de50
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CBF 17400 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000139d9.bin
e85996ce073bc6458a9e46ca63bf385b74733b19453c3d9ddececc6ee3504ad1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139D9 10968 bytes