Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45cb91e9d6aeff0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:53:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 000d2e80ffa17ceebf7bec03346a3e0d SHA-1: 65aab85dc520facba7320c506456323058cf659f SHA-256: 45cb91e9d6aeff0d98118d25fa9a98144fbe2d0b54442bedb15bd92ca32f71c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting domains, likely serving as a lure for users to download a secondary payload. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading a malicious file, aligning with a phishing attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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 http://lakshimi-kaatsu.com/user_data/packages/default/imgfiles/mavizami.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5c56bc8a4---5103889917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbdcbc7e10---69793736349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/wafebifepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a87d26535---mesajigamugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c09fedbd2---wikosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/4549925111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focostrade.com/files/20210705085727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/663537de47f62350920739aaddd43615/vufevoligiguzuligeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210614200137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://henklinders.nl/henklinders/upload/files/17901285694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607756a245c11---sukajugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5tfa825ds57unt7aduu7kgq14/59258090872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c7f3deac7---milisudimujazebazipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m2liig1u2gbl2pjt0l7bsrf76/zikepiwisisufis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afda1f86fe599b4ce1f3b23ef0f1b965/81000012816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yves-segers.be/userfiles/files/62085042380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/pemubuxaven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607057ad8a3fe---wolabuxifigiwizikifidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ca34cc35a---92187924621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/24603319563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160accb32372d6---molevobasudinibone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studyhalltracker.com/files/file/jikasesutepigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinacomvietnam.vn/uploads/news_file/57483856709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/85950980878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ssc+previous+one+word+substitution+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_off0000e666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE666 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 6ea5a53998b385c0b0aafa0812851265be9bb98de2994a5ec5d3ad63fee0287f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF78 19700 bytes
SHA-256: c37eb7659211058dc5ff972e749a2b41cbb2b2430d2d115baeff0fef60370df3
font_02_sfnt_off00013303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13303 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1