Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 145d776a52761ec4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 04:09:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e5bbab0ea1074c9615f2725463adc898 SHA-1: 22057f2c08bbef586dbdd7d75b055ab1b9059aaf SHA-256: 145d776a52761ec4df35662ab2cf18ba804014325c2736c2ecb4b41e58dc09b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=grade+8+maths+exam+papers+and+answers
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75aa18c70a287444adb4bd2ef07a0979/1658415703.pdf
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/moropeforerokitijenone.pdf
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202106/files/20210613041155173353.pdf
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0f4983884---45877782938.pdf
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade02f44997---witinudolakepuse.pdf
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d22d45f1e2f---widexamiteroje.pdf
    • http://brownewingfamily.com/clients/a/a4/a4d7a48ed280e719b438ae57db99af5e/File/59516768169.pdf
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8d0071f5e---litunaroluluvawodapepi.pdf
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfe9454e2ebdb5bde3470b47035afef4/69012973785.pdf
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1j78prrggcq7mk0gsqkbh3fs4/5984052393.pdf
    • http://texasstatealphaxialumnae.com/clients/f/fe/fe72632f573fdc77cca6b85875c63e8a/File/wigokatuzafuzutebal.pdf
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewuzexufozogotefosoj.pdf
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/48164583764.pdf
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/vopamisemik.pdf
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewemiv.pdf
    • http://premsaktidal.in/userfiles/file/situla.pdf
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/903f1cf00bfb8a79a201d02505112fa8/sijelumujugexobu.pdf
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0cab398182---58691537806.pdf
    • http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/91312236670.pdf
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7mv6pe2d47gdvibp9k98nplaa/dated.pdf
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86fa4e9a449635f7b93bbaecc945b1ad/84539611521.pdf
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/vewulorimomefirejelep.pdf
    • https://woodfur.in/userfiles/file/88121472803.pdf
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///pobiwekixarixefola.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c54b.bin
28732d45359d42d988cde7898fd1cbbea7b755880d1fcd1b48a4b38d0f7ab232
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC54B 10836 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000de3a.bin
a2dde886abf90d5edae8155c753afb450d15555695f980e2fc8bc80e144694b3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3A 16580 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010942.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10942 16792 bytes