Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45a941fc97becfde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-10-23 09:38:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 16b32b482fe7746f3548f45466d37f34 SHA-1: e87313cb5112f94c8ba6b5e1399d4f135e467c5c SHA-256: 45a941fc97becfde876a9c1ba899498536f4f9b165174816418661def14433e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites. The PDF structure also indicates it functions as a link farm, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=natural+hazards+geography PDF link annotation
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50901025027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/crg8h2g43nupdrfs87ju1rqg34/tukufirobufedimevefafepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemmacapitalgroup.com/foto/file/kanarituwuwakitijiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgotomotiv.org/upload/files/69795701757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/55953424195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learnrkb.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zajinegavawowetunanel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gima.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmafirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kogodikepapive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93908764589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/10065235460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/vofurini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodamvientin.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jovadonerujowupuduzidokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah88.com/contents/files/90019744592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134377bcba9b---gizixovetarav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yusungchart.com/userData/board/file/56333250320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwva.com/uploads/files/41294889316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolonauticofavignana.it/userfiles/files/wuzasusafexejapanunagod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/99647202642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/kimosukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metamorfoza-krosno.pl/userfiles/file/muvovatusolotobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edilcfcostruzioni.com/userfiles/files/bimulatixududula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alliance-bio.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/81217081911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/tewilej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavyansk.biz/userfiles/file/63309844226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422e8433149---xabuvizepotax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/kukuzeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010a8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A8A 19060 bytes
SHA-256: fdb43742fcf98062b48d9eedc3e138074fb44aa5d0aeee8f197b08e651f0abf6
font_01_sfnt_off00013c33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C33 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 41f30b5f20f6d7f858a0787739e4e3b91b8a4f4b2d775050ad66d0133cfa2271
font_02_sfnt_off000154dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1