Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 045c2e9301aa98c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 10:23:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 620f5d48e9bb49cc7b0affa50a36c0b1 SHA-1: eef2f376853c55908651864b283bea73f85258fb SHA-256: 045c2e9301aa98c158ce989126dcb3b39446bccff9e3d004097d2e044ae40d80
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the detection results point towards a malicious document, potentially delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=have+and+has+grammar
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704f54bd359---83730613978.pdf
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/xurabivusodoruwun.pdf
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082879ec71e6---8819206413.pdf
    • http://hnkingdee.cn/Files/file/202161472232.pdf
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d89db64588b---tufiz.pdf
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14v39fr267ft1tsp7rfdlo86g5/kesuwuladalobox.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609152b24e1d9---kenowedowozuresak.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a988c74e122---41329131602.pdf
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21683563cb15b3bd63c6daef11dfe7c1/78832704037.pdf
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/89041461912.pdf
    • http://westboroughhigh76.com/clients/b/bc/bc4984db1d461a603911d7e4814e3e59/File/13404303412.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cbeormdqqglpuhdj1lv48vt2k/98834726542.pdf
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1e046798eb636fb96245ec9e1624a3d/26333393527.pdf
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210623025526.pdf
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/dofinap.pdf
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1c78d29848---30375084997.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93b54e9bc303ce0bd6b79c9935824fff/vaviv.pdf
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/82058900986.pdf
    • http://clinicoral.com/img/userfiles/files/6250855259.pdf
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc58ae29c4378372f4f3fc9a20f4814a/91658403559.pdf
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40906652318.pdf
    • http://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/24790752188.pdf
    • http://15fratrowreunion.com/clients/2/2b/2b18ccadde375fd95e9ac2d5db5aaa67/File/nedemobarutuf.pdf
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfaf3361a52---97501062786.pdf
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63448117306490b7feea5aed24c2a3cf/zoniwin.pdf
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/47941144310.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_off0000edd3.bin
18386fc96b8e19439bc2f3609b2e6e113abd246b3fb563eb3f593d464dc6a4ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD3 17144 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a1c.bin
90cabab2f6468b366a9fa0900e7f708053f3a419119c451e39b74daf3bd82391
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A1C 10396 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013122.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13122 16792 bytes