Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 145a846e3704b70a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:23:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 72e133e7755b03b8188a99a73e736961 SHA-1: ada806e673c7fc1f803ac2ae4ba90b0bf8cbed31 SHA-256: 145a846e3704b70a3bbd1eada4f76684629d8b6024d5506a1ff8ac2f298ed7c9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that direct users to external sites. Several of these URLs point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a tactic to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters indicate an attempt to obscure the true destination and potentially engage in SEO manipulation for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/14148566539.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents//files/35957313806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/bumepatulamabigapugunowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4656a7bc8---69970116185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e643b4795---rukadesog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090014657c7b---18202142973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianbelieversmatrimony.com/web/christiansbelieversmatrimony/photos/ckeditor/files/92924976168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/fiwekodobuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/46505910831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5237e63ee---29097830906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9e0a67680675d141c9e6abb0eab9ead/kosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc46235b75---31034903941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210504061732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nickelmarket.co.za/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99335536353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p9lvlm6i45ptd303ijqkk1277/49420825770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/584d0c3d74a54f1519292c5672508c8b/89597496020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/rugakumujotufedusemabuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb6db407e5---jarinamenozukopusud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68v81qs1tkog7tjqf6o9jot393/zowibupewemiwusoziraban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietetyka-24.pl/images/files/vuleriseziwajutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pettwayfamilyreunion.com/clients/39389/File/revapunefapetatatoravomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abakus-routing.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedekokotuwirajetawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kkgkauh7m14kdl5j13sv1aehkt/kubufuvofokisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66fecda2185788bc1d46b41c4f853ddd/43024330510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/wasupanefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/1250155510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=haynes+manual+star+wars+t+shirtPDF 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_off0000ded4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED4 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 50afc4fa48a41bebb65d8365b946019dc3dfd3f8cf00e4f0bb2982ad1a278c34
font_01_sfnt_off0000f69f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010eb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB1 17520 bytes
SHA-256: f1e2fca3ec28429ee5154c93688c860f53c5f730455f87f0e18c346bce5d7d74