Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 452d759a72f5847d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:16:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 475a1e4bd015a5296081eba0c3ccbc79 SHA-1: fc6c2744525b9fdeae69a7bc261dbe22fee75359 SHA-256: 452d759a72f5847d70a0307b20dd681d56205d291dab79bb6c2dd99b17672e50
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and a high ML classifier score. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicate a pattern of distributing links through disposable hosting, likely for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078710e2c0e1---zopadevijovixisuromusuni.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fefce395b3c3adbc723f9ceb6cd2deb0/tuzabavuwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazis-expertiza.ru/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/xalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c035f8ba05b---vavegadifatedixerokerut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/56497952801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785b1ecbf28---lotakugida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/tixupodudaleferegudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detmers-kontejner.hr/files/jefabama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6d404537---neregirajokorinevelizes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8f4389e91---ladajizuvategipabesumozam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52b58fd30f795121f5bc04f16dc9531e/82091503338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///23762896780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea15078bed---4372774600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m735oguafmti0huugnqqi9ecau/3530127962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenapp.net/file/89359583344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pkugelt40dr7ae6hkptp79fhp/buloxerabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/favutomopixikutulapum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8de2aefa5---36899127313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c777098bf47---bokimurukaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d0b3cb34e---6663312469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhospitalities.com/images/bulk_images/files/wugoritis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607556db4fb34---91367155108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+a+hidden+chat+on+messengerPDF 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_off0000eab1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102C3 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 38022ae03c6fac5b1fcc95c8b2be039dfdaa613f4906fc067b53e98bf3bb1612
font_02_sfnt_off000130ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130ED 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 8e1ea57619fd2d52bb1bfd098fb8207a34533ca238cde0097d7fb82bb31c8a71