Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 145bb2bcae0efa02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:30:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 192bda671bd27890f05270cc0688de4a SHA-1: fba8cebeee183834c377640d446cf601fa8dc0c8 SHA-256: 145bb2bcae0efa021c5bfbb01bcf12bee365f015f46350b7377db074e001195e
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a phishing lure or a distribution point for further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9896

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=naughty+dice+android PDF link annotation
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///3118004574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4873c51c847c645a8f2f43957880ed7/92297025181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/natixexeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangvan.vn/wp-content/uploads/files/najamoludopimero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307dfb6b520---moxaradevuxigagozigazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebossa.pl/files/file/20314273773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loisirs-auto-occasion.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sunonetigikugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://potentialdesign.cn/userfiles/file/1631055291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khocabien.com/uploads/files/36456907887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/3330710121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bold-iot.com/uploads/files/202109112054224034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/96113278613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/58693109941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/rijepewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/file/75982782045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/42495052479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_AF4119330A209A0B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/mufifixixapegened.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-la.com/uploads/files/32320942677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atrax.hr/files/fekuwubokuvajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351234e0635---xoxoburuduvikejigafid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findusafranchise.com/files/files/23141267441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/26163157462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/los4n9np8phl383mqq68uuus52/71709216844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd5a52c227---63041192628.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_off00014457.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14457 10628 bytes
SHA-256: c0f976d127f4f366db90d5563cf515360d1291e23a0df29c8a2ded6156214167
font_01_sfnt_off00015c6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001747d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1747D 19648 bytes
SHA-256: c4e499801de658212035a1ab0212b9494146d4004331e13da4de621ee831f7db