Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 458885209f01c04e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 22:33:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 92563c61006f583423515e633a38bc89 SHA-1: 548350c084cf7d5faef8409bd3ec6652270edbd3 SHA-256: 458885209f01c04ea26790a487d22edbdd452207381768d085d5fa668a160505
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://aljazeerahdrilling.com/userfiles/files/20258971375.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sctiec.com/up_files/FCK/file/76500612908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyitotthetvege.kastelyszallodak.hu/userfiles/files/73979446333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/90706503072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66871333613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/4041737447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614025406443e---33595826816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadianartistic.com/userfiles/file/68920871613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358ec073124---8438711874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cribpointonline.org/cribpointonline/userimages/file/26368086361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/govomoweruginifuloludi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macintosh-szerviz-javitas.nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95101001982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613606b982ba3---regig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maymaygiaydachidang.com/upload/files/43719894645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betsin.org/userfiles/files/80667170477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beta.nhatthiengroup.com/files/uploaded/files/xuvuxifogonudefat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612faae72f446---nuken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ke-sen.com/userfiles/file/1631737437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31801588729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinebadmintonacademy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35949122119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibshospitals.com/userfiles/file/naduwelijubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/juregukoviwadamasegopogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ac1ae973016d0c531fb342351464760/27012289186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaynepal.com/userfiles/file/59088207527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=best+gps+offline+appPDF 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_off0000d956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD956 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f16d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16D 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 418cedfd0e42fe3a92648fe4ae65a9c95d0d54a2d45795d3ac211ea479cd1604
font_02_sfnt_off0001096c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1096C 17604 bytes
SHA-256: ed8270779e994842095ebb73436c929dc465b49e9a80c0d6f2c4aaac94206652