Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45a3c146d997621b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:00:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8cc13d9aa8289e4517bf7b1543c2ae7c SHA-1: e63362bda547397eb093b1d1d82109515e48ae24 SHA-256: 45a3c146d997621b85326aff65547eb5d864804952e742a97c2034a40910c2bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a488e51b5318872799da3d495300bedd/wutudexefikat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/12154317522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/wulusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5737383fd5---vefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/visewino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbf3806e81---momasazadiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c31893abc---90081431650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce1cfcb95013c824bbe98b8c873cd9f/mapewenubesasukixevixog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/83709952017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/suvinabuberijoxidinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movitecnic.fr/ressource/site-image/files/23486062851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgo-bage.com/public/files/files/libidonowatiwujenoxafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jensbrode.de/files/file/vewimizoluziseloxusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ka9941vetf90umrnjih0k56uso/50284466114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/62585152590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5gqru1al7q2q3kd5fvji6c5qu/64222871866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbellamohali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec51d7050b3e75a70b04d515f9e9a9be/71464245661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161114daf68dc7---17556389320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b169de522---46104141747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaiminsales.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14859456191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vobasurorixanilaxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/en2agpofcmfjlhu4522goh6bm6/lipizopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/76539692242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/54305418647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nk6mba1uf7m8hukbjag4ibns4o/40077754919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=asahi+pentax+spotmatic+manualPDF 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_off0001131f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131F 18788 bytes
SHA-256: dee00a941843042d89ed350c7c1ab2d2c8928298e44d49e8a1636fa8f9a6e921
font_01_sfnt_off000143d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143D4 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 51b451d27b2c53fb1cdd2951307058fbeb815e096fc14a01001c597796bfd64a
font_02_sfnt_off00015c57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1