Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f54fc24f1ca26c19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:48:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 40f5de20630d413e6b66a77f3c7f8005 SHA-1: a4f34c4b2166b1898478ceca614265a310df8926 SHA-256: f54fc24f1ca26c19c6fe98d6702896850911cb96913ee5c5ec6535bbf38c6733
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic indicates a link to an algorithmically generated URL, further supporting malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+know+if+my+water+has+broken PDF link annotation
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c44eae81fcb92aa72f818a81bff293f/wakasino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073cdef4f272---joxutidepifimaniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/wirumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wyslijpaczki.pl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/file/51849197238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff68c36b24---rowoganipiwugojom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609857ba0f55c---16980134392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/lujopazot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksi-system.pl/editorfiles/file/dufelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116de128f85e---woguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56787ba9dd---duxusoduzesuridonen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/kosuxogudugapodogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1fa09239dbf0f1b7b2b4493d63a037d/bimopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://website-design-company.in/dev3/damodar/ckfinder/core/connector/php/userfiles/files/neremexidazaborivuzusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/lanekijeterebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwindijk.nl/home/edijk/domains/edwindijk.nl/public_html/uploads/file/56365790603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fcf73dc9b---5678899964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2da8d0329fd30b2719d72cac2ce5e756/dewinunozazixati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairview58.org/clients/b/b5/b5cf5456a34e3fefef15e35162a7177a/File/69022445022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/49063886625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/xugoxasowovari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f613f08b043---64797312533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/17880234122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ad05482d4---23835228473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaynhanh365.net/contents/files/17700149079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salsainkonstanz.de/media/files/zavotizanosugirowujozi.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_off0000da07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA07 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 6cb25405a46179406e8f11ce6c8f0913a752478e6169d2dede0a33a4d9626437
font_01_sfnt_off0000f362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF362 17372 bytes
SHA-256: ac045fb3494605bc816df9dc86e30c1a1f5455790e17a2cd1891984330be72bc
font_02_sfnt_off00011f71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1