Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05c245e83a9af94a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-08-21 13:24:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 89e45b366e8e396e6c5e9ba359965b9f SHA-1: 3f9cfe97b084db26c25fa59e100b76209620586d SHA-256: 05c245e83a9af94acc5904d8a4b0ff59f1d9f3b7e2af4b878fb7e4cd04ff47eb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a link farm used to obscure malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=graphing+exponential+functions+worksheet+algebra+1 PDF link annotation
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///jevagurub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/noxalegezulozozusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daivupaint.com/img-chamthi/files/botuluzako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adian.eus/files/galeria/files/55734659343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa34037325---76168913076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nirmalujjwal.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/javogevasatezolamaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47de04a3051edf1afb690aeca02fb930/4479422619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc1257c4e912ed12fb5b420e54bdc38f/kirapimotelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/7934618036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoya.hr/UserFiles/file/41642818689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/212711674560e5311bb34af.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecreator.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiwezetizuket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9627282c4797eec905a0cf35a00e50c7/mijatonezokutufitisewoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758b057f343---96390746601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pubgpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vejewipemifawogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb5b11e0d4d3a0da3a42d7724984eae3/rawirebadomozipub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saam.vn/images/content/file/vupudamuwodudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/23718585487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/webidugefoxunigaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolutionchonburi.com/userfiles/files/tawepude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/juvaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8c0ce37f426388c250324e7ad065c9/6013122129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclameindex.nl/images/uploads/66296803160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/82207253451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210603_1766696E00EC4A5F.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_off0000c5c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD3 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 21b8c8cd9df86723786ee30d8f7f33a913cedae6e248d31920eb3ae54ac1379a
font_02_sfnt_off000109b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B6 11368 bytes
SHA-256: d46a713530b59d2c9d8e3b3eeaac3842fb9f9d19e5866e9a8ee96c0ad453a67e