Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45112b371a9c2903…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:05:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 36cfed109a0c8ee899ff831661856481 SHA-1: be5fbe0d55f58692d99e62e39e9328ff52ffe4e0 SHA-256: 45112b371a9c29031ea9d070faf2146612b92bc1448838dbb481f112d3ea3483
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external links is the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hardware+elements+of+computer PDF link annotation
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5b1be27b4---77327135031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdfa721f09---jozaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b548cb3a3---33631350416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1350cc0229aa7071c969794c9142a8b/fejoramati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/57304453634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents//files/5193186260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc54ecee2b6---66184263019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ffe8f1f48e---92212793370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/25315779118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a328506d5---juvawumiduxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caa43c780213d34615cd2c04fb26ebde/29597966925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/togodivurawuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/599facfb72c47386569740f58a52e5e9/rewaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/kewejigowujalubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/72281680331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab08656c23---bowijotulubaxoxavelabeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auapp.ch/userfiles/files/gawusodiroxagapifogoremiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/39090470153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43416663171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/56778605391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e688294809---jiralot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef05e8381b---vimukakusukoxulatopizose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frigotechreina.com/userfiles/files/zamaxizekixamisumesusa.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_off0000dee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEE1 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 864552c1d9f0ed5275f1cbcf5459e3ca30a27bc293be830a6e9616fe2fb6e5e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f805.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF805 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 4c5783d455d43139369c6ea26c2575881ea2dc0cb1bd0e0e40921eeb1417568d
font_02_sfnt_off0001234e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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