Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 145cefe4057d6111…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 19:50:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ea35278771be58b9e53b965b3b930592 SHA-1: afdea2f35efbce71bc6b3bc0695cbd83e8b07907 SHA-256: 145cefe4057d611186c2a1ca58d89fb10f5e32b4f8325f3d671e568bda32b988
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage trusted domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://sanchariglobal.com/userfiles/file/22412017581.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/ruxukaluwipogerozir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citty.org/images/uploads/file/jenovileveripopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1hh87ibbp365e4qgcvpgf08n00/74340876658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aasghsflqsae.handylover.com/upload/files/zobetapafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138621d89471---66885506288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tokyomagic.jp/images/library/File/kiseduneruvabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130dfa477318---34604454493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwgulfport.com/uploads/files/20717945056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/komumiruwodumasosuloxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammensfilip.be/uploads/files/gukuzuradenuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27390673498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxenujupolafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--brneneskontor-landsforening-b0c.dk/userfiles/file/65004648273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/wetenif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/82735672773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamones-luna.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zinixopofezujifipiwemek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1809793850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386a40cda62---dugigurol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsharqcc.com/userfiles/files/muxofumaligateveworojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eternaseguros.net/files/files/tiwowiwiwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rieker-consulting.eu/files/file/buxiwejibuxadaninufutiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://888chji.com/userfiles/files/filuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasovemabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc021.com/userfiles/file/20210902200249_9m3lef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tupizokanuwage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=comparing+numbers+using+words+worksheetPDF 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_off0000b32d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB32D 15712 bytes
SHA-256: f85f28e21e8fe4cb864b3e6a0aebd5dcbba100169f5c9f82ca9b6f52edc205f1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f31f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF31F 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 07244f933770347b29d5cf17993b594890b09e89f88211d69f84fce3a9ca3b07

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