Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 075813a45f191858…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:46:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e932a2b00e12170967ea88cae4d03746 SHA-1: 3a3fe5e1276c3b325487f4ecc96ddae081b68235 SHA-256: 075813a45f19185819a303178572380e5296749a0f8c77b1bb66676efe661793
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm, likely intended to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing or trojan threat.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d0938e2ff---rerowobagatavoduj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.specemc.ru/upload/files/59630886777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cicadit.ro/UserFiles/file/42095191083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b2c84d0ce---74719114385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://net-mex.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2528806594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b0e14ab13---59686103983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1j070ljce6be4dq9omfr3408eq/67746869898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72a5826f7f---9492657795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/57261127057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techinnsrl.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/dokefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/11155620199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d69499798f---guramedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83682bc2bb---3014070542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkacca.com/userfiles/nidufelonasukewimubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpole.ru/sadm_files/xunarakuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54cbb9e941d45002f8db9521d42e34c7/31407320059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d31hs3lsgs1t6ccfq3t86a73gr/kegodabomupidurod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c6f711f06---69653723800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6ee9f5d0c0a4be8c29c4ac47bd7a1e2/4976073426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcevent.com/clients/871459/File/kiwonemapusejudaxuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11626368496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/gexezesirukazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53c422a6aff6606a46d70b68ab595949/siwomozivelewatabawakokeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18932b9c65aa231639178b08e78e905/65516503570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=machiavelli+the+prince+worksheet+answersPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f899.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF899 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000110ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110AB 18004 bytes
SHA-256: d7003918503e955c6c7528cf9a3191f91c491379f8104f43318a4ea3dfb3755e
font_02_sfnt_off00013f38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F38 10708 bytes
SHA-256: f43a18d612d0ea7d4462aab7d5f13663bc575f1dfd5832321242f0dfc7e785a6