Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 045ec4b093bc88c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:53:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 77d81c66ae76a7629bca6781c30e46a8 SHA-1: 86411062944a2a4b016370d81e2aeeb456c09c2f SHA-256: 045ec4b093bc88c6802a76a1f893dcfc8191ba6c3a37985c3c5d63c7f0c35f7f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external URIs and the nature of the heuristics point towards the document's primary function being to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=behaviorism+theory+in+education+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f3ce3d90d223cb9ff54a9e8de91ddc9/ruxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4526572658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arzhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/71043851705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoparkalbanese.it/file/352442700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biovuspharma.net/userfiles/files/mevipabunifutoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/16811627147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uf4elro5og7jmr6e3qhteb33t4/32819916523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c30406ff9---26384256589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92ua62rfggp2hsml5qrr0ihkpp/33036386090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj0dahgbs5pljqdh6k31v118i2/dewazoforowebijekuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.net/contents//files/vadewezeten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a0efeb04b5d2da4f5d7a41c259b87cd/foladedivofuzilavir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raegcafe.com/uploads/files/pupizut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zold-kommando.hu/files/zuxivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/657fdd348ee202d066b09267a07305a6/vuruvagoxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clap-bas.com/userfiles/file/vosogududabewewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/pivilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4b9010c9c2---pexoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daks-96.com/f/uploads/files/2891438305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/29335557069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorinhawear.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/39209884679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade0ad5bc4a---kokogov.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_off0000ba94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2AB 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 178ca103bddbd1cccd722115970887b308548ed20f7ec71b981d1f00c04b2123
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB0 14416 bytes
SHA-256: 671415c2e17b256c501885a671b3d8b550114f363eeabce48cf20e0207e0be8c

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