Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 245e94cbb9b303be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:32:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fea721df139f20c9ed652112957ae141 SHA-1: 4b611029be44e57b2198b5619b8428dc9867c7e3 SHA-256: 245e94cbb9b303bedb845e5a5cc7d8cd35ad6b8ab3dd1776f5660c1fe8770702
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://quangphong.vn/uploads/image/files/dedonotidujixeverima.pdf
    • http://cuacuonnhanh.vn/Images_upload/files/viwagototuwu.pdf
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/juwuguwidune.pdf
    • https://anne-berger.de/sites/anne-berger.de/files/fkcfile/zijaxedatomerunadat.pdf
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/1947518090.pdf
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/momewubozes.pdf
    • https://ykitraders.com/UserFiles/file/kegekepebirofepiko.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39eovd6thqgglhrfekf4c7dth6/vimogaxip.pdf
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zulebowunap.pdf
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/78672938600.pdf
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/49610356269.pdf
    • https://nexapos.com/upload/files/47903763624.pdf
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322d3863161---39855846113.pdf
    • http://www.cpiequipos.com/assets/images/user_files/files/24656846500.pdf
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/64129264930.pdf
    • http://lukasikgroup.pl/Image/files/90928075369.pdf
    • https://granitabrasive.ro/editor_up/38900808890.pdf
    • http://sicilalluminio.it/userfiles/files/43769485310.pdf
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/80230451457.pdf
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bilezulazuzaw.pdf
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/15663991926.pdf
    • https://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/govavuxonozepujunub.pdf
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/54007325864.pdf
    • https://fong-cai.com/upload/files/74450473462.pdf
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/412a673c4f86528aa5aed18e96af9fe4/50806265470.pdf
    • https://siliconautomation.com/userfiles/file/73064570446.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=teclado+android+apk
    • 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_off0000c50a.bin
0ff039f1085382097d480292b72fb9c59cdf57fad5318aa62bf75e6d8eb8cab6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC50A 10296 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc48.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC48 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f45a.bin
0d9beb49f01ee0c62aa13919249f33e7b8b490fea8d3a71e7180ca8d4a368857
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45A 17340 bytes