Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 450cf3ec5bc12e91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:52:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0a4c36e1868f63871e3efe444730898e SHA-1: c86f9fc377e7dbaffab92e240f8870cd0f929cd0 SHA-256: 450cf3ec5bc12e91ef7801717bbd1b0e7cfd36aa569e4e3e45f65244412ab1de
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jpa+java+tutorial+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbc69d1ae70---92131705050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c82409f6d1bde7f4e938df30e9f486a/78759174943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygiftltd.com/userfiles/file/55336987193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.upperhousedev7.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84976286789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a5501cd7e166ed4012c35fd3f0fc776/kumubogoguzupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074abf990ac0---lixomunamaledozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26b9f8cc7a1f91b1dfb51951b5d73b61/murusilidefaxojofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04bfa19bb3b67ef3878e3fc2c6c8f512/sudodararagojuzuxukolaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rafaellucenaehijos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masabowegepudotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/xisitotumobetipane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansiya.com/uploadfile/files/bovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161192c113da7a---kamazuxijisolero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7mcr4dqj0tejlp7o6994stjr3/patizojuditetotunurif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfff1e03978---81899426907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cf9b4b605f---zirafipaxoxazegunupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelinyuanyi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-16/20210816155656907385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd1226ad38ee4c33bf7bcfa0514e975/raname.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hon-ro.hu/userfiles/files/zilepilixuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bburago.info/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/93145858568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/davanavoroxima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesei.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b67803c70---tisovigalato.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_off00015b3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B3D 20300 bytes
SHA-256: 378f4e66431bfbf369967eee647eef8d1d771fd61e9bdb24101a41f66b59657b
font_01_sfnt_off000190a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x190A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001a8b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A8B9 10372 bytes
SHA-256: e5799f379450f6ddb36a9189a9efffe512560031d2548d9eb52eba23a836ba85