Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45c3799583ba315d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:46:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 31bcf5912a73629a726a7007f2d836c4 SHA-1: 0e9d1f3d3a51fdac403e55504604e42f4ea0e8c3 SHA-256: 45c3799583ba315d495f13a1edde2c565ef0e3d61898c87cf9625671583fae78
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with spearphishing attachments used to redirect victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mean+for+grouped+data+examples
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210614_112840.pdf
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ucmukodg46a9n9j163v168ic0/31884746015.pdf
    • http://www.buildonhope.org/file/46227112351.pdf
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/bedumosogugutafo.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7801c80258---74553344426.pdf
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/upavqqam1t91lstr2ucb7lcp75/gubomufiriloledo.pdf
    • http://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/26977631006.pdf
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/39511873406.pdf
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be791877b1aa6f20dc5cec134d992480/warifonawemokezewaguz.pdf
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/vapuzuzogapodajogel.pdf
    • http://musiconthebay.org/clients/2/26/269dd5bc96e197da989a8dccc71442af/File/55231641925.pdf
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc60e4ca256---63895985575.pdf
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c275e1b5c93ba8ac13233f509dd0247/rewojilaxig.pdf
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/43654009864.pdf
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/20214302313166544.pdf
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f104d3bbb0443e07df381b8a82c60fbd/pubuwafi.pdf
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5d16136d5---5333028198.pdf
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/pixozosoduw.pdf
    • http://2sisaccount.com/userfiles/files/kuvonesimagorixagazuzak.pdf
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed94bc006f---julirutewugatojoforuxa.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d36f6def1a---rufopulovezelukavarekebed.pdf
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/rejutifikode.pdf
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210504141631.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f9ef.bin
eab15cb4099e495e4605eda21863486992724d47d639d4de64390ca96aee86ee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EF 10944 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001131f.bin
58ad4049b84382b43b5a8ffa4f476c1e42df98444890cf33617f713ba03b67e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131F 17424 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000140e5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140E5 16792 bytes