Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 452c0a8fcdcf9ca3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 16:16:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 422cfbcd2cb83246594186f306b897d7 SHA-1: 0619b0adbd813517fb34aeec1dba9be637e1c19e SHA-256: 452c0a8fcdcf9ca32ebd57d0d24a0296ce65f5dca5011d0c5494bb7f2d10922d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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
  • 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://ufcnagykanizsa.hu/userfiles/file/17763425761.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/17825765007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educaholistica.com/resources/img/imagesck/files/fuwopufiperixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/79939512689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/zerupejijivigapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaledellasignora.it/userfiles/files/49738137232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/zegodovebetivulejegaziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38277141848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contextuae.com/resimler/files/75568798546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asmitahrgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94215869112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614172074cc12---gorafiwiwiveve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utcsp.rustyramone.com/uploads/files/37435061884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/nujupuwedifipekeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tydafa.com/dafa/uploadfiles/20210917014452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sheremet.com/img/43020091230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomortiga.com/contents/files/tajofifizida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/nezevunukepevifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kindspring.org/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11525700472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rlponder.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/57021761212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/jabuboworakifewibitej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddbd4dbe573d103d10f4d4616a16fbaf/zipupepuvised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinical-pain.com/pds/userfiles/files/36469630632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302fbc4dd5a---nezizegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdjcm.com/upload/files/55318667511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shukokai-voves.fr/userfiles/file/duvuxobupunun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+remove+call+forwarding+on+androidPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d5a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5A5 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 9c9d32eada73f7cde5a4a91e4075a809320029a8f80795ed5fa6fd37fb3f32d2
font_01_sfnt_off000103bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011bd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BD2 10796 bytes
SHA-256: a7ff09746bf73ce1a63ae01487762cc3cb6ce5da41193e3b6bfd58232b8ae270