Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45d05f0498162a35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 11:06:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f1a5f1033e0192efed6a9f5fdec7d8cf SHA-1: 89e9b8b86e2dde2ced3d0f31082c8a9e4485b142 SHA-256: 45d05f0498162a3565b25fff826a6db403783dbdb24699ceadbe72d1937ebbe6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further support this, indicating the PDF is used to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/861674d0563215e2612b95068c026d60/18056792856.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/39452860309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hollywoodterrace.org/clients/863344/File/xekarirosobaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/liloturuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/sexivugeworubuterolegale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8088ef0d5---rinoxafenikozegemukeduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e59f8467653b91335636f59c624c1a37/duzimef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0f6cbbf1a31517fca3b16513703dce6/xowiwuzaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0k7cbf7i6l723igu0v2a358el/jumakisonizoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-sito.it/uploads/file/nudukuboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/padizijumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0223eaaf3254cb3946f00428e1a2ac69/81714181780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makingthegradetexas.com/clients/d/d4/d4716c73f098ea79da165a2194b6736a/File/68347797633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24a852dc4692cdf4e1620068fa32299a/31827148424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigsvatcharasith.com/userfiles/file/jumilabonowetuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0384cbb6b16d8f7aeb465455f6c5dbbe/70236818576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceujt4htkn62hdel7nobs8qqs5/63269969234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/310454884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b6560cbabf2f95cb3b671659d54de8d/95449767350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608069d808d69---tetivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/vapuzuzogapodajogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e0aa4d5a1129337bb1203f701efe8bc/sasalexoluxasuzoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=history+and+heritage+paintingPDF 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_off00011a6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A6C 17808 bytes
SHA-256: caea1f78b2d22d9cc4497304faf20c99ef63550097ae5cbb21de302838840f19
font_01_sfnt_off00014864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14864 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001607b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1607B 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 00f19e56c91734fbdcbdc9578edc87310761fd9f6ef030d4d30e36fd31109f2e