Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 453df30de43f6722…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-27 18:13:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3b16533d937e2b68e8ff2fe39e07d3a1 SHA-1: f458cf585aab12c1afae2b90261e4d8ee5eeaf3c SHA-256: 453df30de43f672277ef4d8c68557a2b957ee9f2335bd10d4cb163f5b5ab53ef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings point to a malicious PDF structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3e93352e5---tutunasakujofuvapiragigeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/88262574835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea1006ef09---fiwawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparan-art.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32503200688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.lu/userfiles/file/47946332497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pewitutogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f735081cf---fepadinilejewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05c197abe7690316f12fef89fb240570/gigejujifalokafoxuwugipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/66006122978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/57793161455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66f5847660bd1fc54ad7d0e2cb8b99c9/guranowewuneraku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/67440966011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/59821791690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/c564ed7493eaa9306aab1631ed4f6253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/46441242162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e026906e536c786a8d5928a9f7fbc50b/gejimuwizamutuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/53227784047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1h4rki1ki28sln2b8mubpufnp6/96950217313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8344969bf5---19352420572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://besteva.com/upload/files/xijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d3767d1ab---wamefeparojanarezekufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/35331880724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/34816934890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+organize+multiple+worksheets+in+excel+into+onePDF 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_off0000ee5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE5A 11392 bytes
SHA-256: 5ce89d6ef587e3ff53df1da82be7072ff36b79f2d59eb0a75093213157594901
font_01_sfnt_off000108de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108DE 17020 bytes
SHA-256: 0715ccb1658b3cd6e5ec47c3aef65fbc4c3943f4fa4ddb81fe598194d38ee62d
font_02_sfnt_off00013547.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13547 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1