Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 451b2313967f1bb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 07:11:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 48a61f99db9a91c7511d23d095a7e01c SHA-1: 7b0b284fe10d851035d407b076827c2feb516d98 SHA-256: 451b2313967f1bb035e42f1b5601f597e446975de8f479e5e995ae0e10f6f0f4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and embedded links align with techniques used to lure victims into visiting malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210702020639.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1872301lo9r2rr159bcdrd4501/68481402106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhs63.org/clients/8/88/88ec95b665b56da82b1de85f097fba10/File/61016251103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72d02e617f9bc0027b522bf8df6a525a/23669650383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/xitarolikora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedoro.ru/upload/file/42114038472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/jogirulezawuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38d751a724---gogewidoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/nokifexoxusofasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098903f077fd---sotewalemaribirisaludesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/95155498840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b68066b94d7d763c6ddab2d7da76232/85356636753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1dc36e7bda---kikasowisamoketovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/16960386605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607995fd933b4---tasagiboba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc324a14a61---gurepijiwofepetelos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d7aa492b5---betug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608761624ea51---84067745556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/96034198192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f62e807ba---26552483016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083679282935---nemopevifejawamoxotaseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/29946496794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2728ca7bf271ade46488871ca2b0111b/70706378631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12cc5634d4---dasivisetijokufaxikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=install+android+sdk+mac+brewPDF link annotation
    • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d70c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD70C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1E 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 609a28ea88a11629609c7a346c70b3e2564ef6c2736cc6ef1adf20f1f3f44903
font_02_sfnt_off00011d7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D7E 6800 bytes
SHA-256: 9acd374e6d65d066993dfe369e36985028187e3a5ec6e93fb483280d9be8a63a
font_03_sfnt_off00013484.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13484 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 6ad2f2b03c29a3978461302fcb981889ec5338008603f67467c941fa2ab70954
font_04_sfnt_off00014d71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D71 16068 bytes
SHA-256: 6d636ebcb28a43c11a0b96216d988d0aaa25e428b847d4e039b2a2a6b6e27b6d