Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 045c2410990bf4c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:52:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a370ed2ab02ff3990ed88090e8cbe31f SHA-1: fdaaf94d5c225e77392c0c1be0b7421607cb7525 SHA-256: 045c2410990bf4c0780451e6cdefe37f23dd18860b2bd773394f6be5f6676b7e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a link farm directing users to multiple external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the presence of external URIs suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=courgette+black+beauty
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/ruwuvilirijom.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87760bc308---tevaxarowidebegogoro.pdf
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dba3e36674ab0d912b9e52999269a214/nelevofurejefulatododu.pdf
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b491930cf65---pegimozonepebuxatosivusur.pdf
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6p6shp361t16g49s1d0g73l174/nitaz.pdf
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/tewulizilasikubijigeji.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cea6eedf405---27693153384.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca25cf2a5f---zixumojogulor.pdf
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c1ff70339---nidavobalaja.pdf
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f63b2740cd---72852953188.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/080rsnnhtdccaeu6e3rpqtvp64/96085989577.pdf
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/884f1e0c54d969b2c42b1d91c2358b13/mixufiragubomopi.pdf
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/xutilajifalefupikorogujef.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b16si22mek7pn0vj6g7m1818e5/wofoligevokip.pdf
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/94400045704.pdf
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3965516c5---78294534356.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098da89f3779---18345446736.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e170b3d44---32288115929.pdf
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a616208d88---gidopupat.pdf
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/kebazugigadifufad.pdf
    • 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_off0000e7a2.bin
fed250fafdcf5eafb6aaafbf26d7f3dcf40a851cf0ca90051e8f09fc01e0a570
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7A2 18608 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000116b8.bin
82d61bb53aa2279939332d82565289aa82b36e86c017d1334640518b4f145306
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B8 10516 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012ef1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF1 16792 bytes