Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 453070184185c01c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:50:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4db934601361a92dea56b58808b69027 SHA-1: 8c7ff2408c059279a99ba31ecd7fa0a39b137fb9 SHA-256: 453070184185c01c30d1aa6afa3c919a10fc2724a1069e066b80cba6c5b52732
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are potentially compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or downloads, likely as part of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://spec-so.ru/sites/default/files/file/gutitogobadejopofegufi.pdf
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/fudipeluguj.pdf
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gicvfu5jl4iubp5n07f3p8oapg/bobazafekup.pdf
    • http://patokapugsnkisses.com/clients/61143/File/gudinowuxarezebefo.pdf
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511bf01b4385c291292ed72b76d496ad/xonedilesejelavuvepirina.pdf
    • http://cinebuzz.be/uploads/userfiles/files/kejuxolonazi.pdf
    • http://1960vonsteuben.com/clients/d/df/dfb5e1b83ea85bfdc5ef1da934264264/File/januxonipazuzadunujuxomek.pdf
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eca9bdc4e2---70478786228.pdf
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e680d6d4e---gegupifubizofaduso.pdf
    • https://rachelrom.com/rescontent/file/31269165356.pdf
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3b8f736a7eb07532673ec1346bc231a/jokelaxi.pdf
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/tirowexetitotijotitogi.pdf
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/59398569419.pdf
    • http://ibiforstarlight.ca/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/23418183427.pdf
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611977a04fc35---50023582367.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0a15aaa5b---seforozefexalojowejezor.pdf
    • http://studiolorenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/zukifomuf.pdf
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2r9qn8g0644vh0kj6fiet3gqq4/36789361882.pdf
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bafbd6beb2---femosopariniwibara.pdf
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/74079229758.pdf
    • http://rund-sro.cz/UserFiles/File/35691106504.pdf
    • http://teleinwestor.pl/userfiles/file/wukilumoniket.pdf
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210728003401.pdf
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e25942380---81785069349.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=online+resize+image+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cb55.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB55 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e367.bin
0dba3802971278a1790b81f3a030a941305840f4deae4aa9f7a72d5d5d5f02f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE367 17708 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000111c0.bin
93374d36d96676fc071c7c6641c8c2c50786bfce0beaf3c53a0517003331bf3c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C0 10708 bytes