Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 345ba5d6c998f1a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:44:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 053acaa1b1bd37f29a78eba4fa446c8a SHA-1: a464f0b402a725ba101b340114d315accce1c453 SHA-256: 345ba5d6c998f1a18d86c865d676c0487b78137e49d1e3345f39312076408e7f
132 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, while the link farm serves to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially evade detection. The presence of these elements strongly suggests a malicious intent to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.2574

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.
  • 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
  • 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://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lufatexopofamum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://perkunasstudio.com/uploads/files/202108291223029180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/woxesadepubobugosalajeser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/nemubonitarifadimiwobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ff4g2bu1hptnq9abefts1vhi4/kelolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dusunceokulu.net/resimler/files/18281726717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703f78c813a---74666836500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/84535228674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isotope3.pm-ural.com/uploads/files/2489829713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrievers.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62886999791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/tasawuwamefesedulupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085082ce0375---62073165837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kassa.pl/userfiles/file/kaxotisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4bc3fa5ff3---89338285281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739f7a872e1---nowelaruludexafejanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68r1r5o5kkb4bfft0i2j43n3to/silutabubawagapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2981554561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/95203264374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/5141801792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///bilumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://28777886.com/Lpf/UPFILE/userfiles/files/rejinowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/rabegoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jgi8n00s5at3toeqcr85nuab0/12842052070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martom24.pl/martom/userfiles/file/witewavazafiwezikanorip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c1afb7b0bb---44459767123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/52124583378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=synthetic+division+of+polynomials+worksheet+with+answers+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c697.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC697 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000deae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEAE 11320 bytes
SHA-256: 45e5010e364bb9355e63472f4de03f16bb173544bf44fd389d3052908c09fe7c