Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45dfde42b0750b2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-27 10:59:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 23a4a06256ba36bd4508f2aa1c435be5 SHA-1: 2ad7e3504e76145736644a4ceaaeb4c1f13720f7 SHA-256: 45dfde42b0750b2b1f292cf9372809a90f29456fe6610b19514e73d00772500a
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE' strongly suggests a business email compromise (BEC) or phishing attempt, aiming to trick the user into believing there are new payment instructions. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Payment redirection / bank-detail change lure high SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE
    Document describes new or changed bank, wire, ACH, IBAN, SWIFT, or routing instructions — a high-value business-email-compromise pattern
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/20964994654.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/99750646768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanantamhcm.com/uploads/files/50634302894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoaiduc.com/uploads/files/58933030157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prbfamtr3gt6k6begeqg89skdp/96004716081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78206dc2d33354fb41335fa1c43deb10/2571964164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63451deddf---fivanozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80age2amlc.xn--80adxhks/pics/images/file/wosazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-stainlesssteel.com/uploads/image/files/xugiwizediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eb355daa3126d9726579ddc90402972/14058553052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/6818282681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/kifixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45c1afbfb6c3627a6a29e0e68fa35313/12823530531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cab307cc688---tunumasinujutusifub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2b504d122---fofinaxeginolujivufiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/31494653683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/golaxoginegilole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089eb8c81f13---jefobupuruko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/87712717431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavclearing.ru/upload/files/62782845720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wineart.online/userfiles/file/8133229221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/julonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b91b3877089---96465858574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+check+my+arizona+lottery+ticketPDF 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_off0000f5df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DF 17152 bytes
SHA-256: e835f3bc5663e14b39422d469f6ff61bf53fdcd8c9218de1b9f4d335bde3136b
font_01_sfnt_off000122e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013b00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B00 10808 bytes
SHA-256: c3654b38d884a80c7525e951d635415a11111ccf6dbf108cf7d45225a390d390