Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 045ef598ca71bc76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 21:19:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cbce9793402051f5e5c512861ff2b983 SHA-1: 383785b9d0b19d71a603136a29837c555e171907 SHA-256: 045ef598ca71bc7671e18354d6a23638e63f3065040cc0750b005bde2e51e4ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm or SEO manipulation scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/91207273763.pdf
    • http://satisfytech.com/ck/upload/files/puvagewupukesezelaworonu.pdf
    • http://edallyshop.com/upload/files/rizobilexodiraraveriteba.pdf
    • https://sakura-bashi.com/uploads/files/202109020225146818.pdf
    • http://tuvanthanhlapcongty.biz/upload/ck/files/9172593318.pdf
    • http://zsmnowakowski.pl/userfiles/file/28111878017.pdf
    • http://thuexe7cho.vn/upload/files/94640445278.pdf
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/23668711987.pdf
    • http://nelly-design.ru/upload/files/pubiwavuxulibigitaliwimar.pdf
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/gigowagovetibozafubotula.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13129a1bb7877c4409fb16e3d1f8b366/97616722242.pdf
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigitimaruribitubebafisa.pdf
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314841a0a83---dejazujimuviruvugusu.pdf
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/worepem.pdf
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/49000892250.pdf
    • http://studiorapizza.it/userfiles/files/41255347889.pdf
    • http://skpizzasubs.com/uploads/files/45567454082.pdf
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/fajejodebasikudasa.pdf
    • http://nanopena.cz/upload/file/93833375155.pdf
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/8499755415.pdf
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kezedewi.pdf
    • https://www.burnat-provins.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafox.pdf
    • http://lutechmed.com/Images_upload/files/jarabiwatujevafuw.pdf
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/8479646391.pdf
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161461fc48fe81---87078355380.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=best+hairstyle+for+triangular+face+shape
    • 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_off0000ddb3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5c5.bin
2e2eb091b0d8f256bf66646b39c81951b7cc04f0e2e621952529b735fbe853d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C5 17388 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000122d8.bin
b906c66490f22ed4cd0f364a038d1afbf6f4ac97730da44ab9214df133db8546
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D8 11024 bytes