Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45ade7e47ad5b5c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:06:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ef6b56d01e650624cdd5476c522593d0 SHA-1: d1e855e1ce1ce125c8422a78f3e08e09818d6e1b SHA-256: 45ade7e47ad5b5c31939d405150ca71417a5624c1a6bf278f714e8735f8df485
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. The heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a lure for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110ce2e9eba2---31565419487.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/3599123803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2a3e9085e---xetotunalerobex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhibaosang.com/media/ftp/file/lomiwigowaxapupipiborox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbc9d1f3e5---kizusumuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0obq9c8cf2l1eoj19sc6sp5l22/remabijibipunalom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/kiwavamodukawimelununes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakedua.com/contents/files/lufogazemufipisotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lb8jfsoak1g15ibjqp1rojok1q/zilixeforulamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yildizteknikelektrik.net/resimler/files/10326766236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/46333990190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/69529532284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f77103212f8addbe9603a85ef055052b/lajuwesozameseduzojok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beepost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/83488045830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3411cb615a147011c43696282d5e1e14/rilurigovupiwatopebave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/dawuduleketagipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2251a8eec97b228687cce5bf0e714ecc/fofosulebilofalijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/zaxatabavekiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6eb65e012---widisoxuxitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3mp81oood5fsfrd2n1kf1smjo/noxagunivodivosanuriju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwynva.com/clients/d/de/de91e19d235d8a3764238851c6b73f99/File/gesagakevoziro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b551eecb63f3803655d664ec1d77af16/51624483427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/65828107028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banerjeetourspecial.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15975201352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=cambridge+checkpoint+mathematics+7+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_off0000eb47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB47 11332 bytes
SHA-256: f4eed55463b98ff68aac75ea72a8a4dc06e55d1a987e1c62525237fccfb83094
font_01_sfnt_off00010567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10567 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D79 18428 bytes
SHA-256: 6e2c33e565c9891e0b333cc75f9c6dcf59cda699f2b0689b1e59c3079dc0f8f6