Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45afee8d32cda180…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:13:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: dfd9a688be8128d618bb6a09455264ff SHA-1: 9c0175555e0ce6b0f0b37ff6fe26c551100c9d34 SHA-256: 45afee8d32cda18072628728c56f2e4822d5c66458cb7475be0497cd6df1449d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Several heuristics point to the PDF being part of a link farm hosted on compromised websites, likely to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing-like lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dee58f3dc5fb4a6ae16688e811b8ccf/belofiramobi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24f7d992dba533c814bf2aeb51371725/85808545753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5fc6b9b87---57468551525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/zabiviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/lozojosipobuvabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7d4e23177---nuxefixopiwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/83608493045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/54509531968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ebb49cd35---63566562149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hvezda-pardubice.cz/files/file/6994050353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ir66q98mn93tuai12btnsn6iv/50244848303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khogiaydantuonghanquoc.com/images/news/file/sudukigimofipupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creatinglifeoptions.com/userfiles/files/bugasitipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsqnchem.com/upload/files/70474860843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c28fd5328---36953745091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accu-chek-event.com/ckupload/files/woponuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/2676354939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/24943195471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de1023cbe444b7cdc8794208a70c0dcb/28855111803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/pafikonajinemelelizak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caea570e81ac53c24caf60374b5b5922/2940895155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlastudenta.org/Upload/file/14987409672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hertzlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/74526470243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domesticsolutionsagency.com/userfiles/file/wewepokagidusixedopekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=effortless+english+course+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_off0000e29e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE29E 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 99fb89c3f9f336034343a3925953ce0d3f5ad1ceeaf63fc15a1be0a56cdd9115
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB45 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 15f1e7cce4ba5e2fdbcd2a091a666ec4f161eceb87130f407ae873b7a0ee44b5
font_02_sfnt_off000127d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1