Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45934760075cf14f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:03:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 94e3e7b78517dae82e08a9c37de6480f SHA-1: ad8ed94f4d88d01224baeea2f44ad5fbcb6348fb SHA-256: 45934760075cf14ff393d9347877d5e057cc32eaa1fe6450e5c824693e18884c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Additionally, multiple heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acc87376b9---jaxemap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3bb26da3e1b15b469e4c321cb9fe04d/vefizoxawokuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t605ouel7gcthougm8a9r639g8/5527879593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgjmo1m1regr4qsir1b8pm9l2u/teketeluju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021070402414373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgssu.com/upfolder/e/files/20210809120655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygrind.ie/userfiles/file/vulononofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webvitamin.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/2884905956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/98523488968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profil-metall.de/content/uploads/file/4224531015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kotata-zlin.cz/obr/clanky/file/65808302579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://besteva.com/upload/files/29515472644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bolshunoff.ru/images/wysiwyg/file/54647703352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akifkasaboglu.com/esatfisek/images_upload/files/75060691537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://styropapex.pl/userfiles/file/60042237937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28903b65d8---mobudebafalikoberil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.ca/upload/editor/file/puwowezokepagere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2106190106071897728vcsor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ql004s7mrco6g51k39enjpj7mv/11666293463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210731133346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/91853788934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/bexipetodumigomanoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manpowernepal.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/komedezasubavoluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af82f2576d1---lisebugusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161172893cdba6---naraterivilitobonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=los+habitos+del+pensamiento+riguroso+libro+pdfPDF 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_off0000e70d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE70D 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 63fffc7deab776b0a3673d2ca8d140edcd3d6744b50eb1781cb4c2f5c267bf9c
font_01_sfnt_off0001006b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1006B 20440 bytes
SHA-256: dd297db6d75cc8ebef38ef46de1531e64326823ac8572db990714bc09227c0d3
font_02_sfnt_off000134d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1