Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45e5a2456c832c5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-28 06:13:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2264bca199b0bf3dce7290f8d723c5f7 SHA-1: 21de2b2eec134ccbf4cb06932997c38bca1f52e0 SHA-256: 45e5a2456c832c5a582cb6332c42b18ab3e9e16b0eb257eb3b9978cebe9ab176
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The document contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or facilitate phishing. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic further suggests a callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b93fcfc1b6a---tigosa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b188cda0b1a---wudexerewusarupufixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746d9974ba4---69162625132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca8b10fd7e---lugezelivodosod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pt9qkh3dnq1bofm7lfvg5t349c/316238030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/notuzebepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastrodibaglio.it/userfiles/files/vuxosusomakufegitokuxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5d9f3867f---62751085168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldcpc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23546605509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/78349284072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asvpp.fr/pdf/felukeloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8589e51fb3c3194c373215e1e1d1b47e/33049747492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/raduwadisowebifuxinopikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760f581ad57---71480178640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/vuzuxofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95f9ca51d05d0233877053d0ac609639/55880243806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/72031933568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908a5420a6b---61830263605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabjkhbzbqti4a3apfmdd2s4b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozakimapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/74128221978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609faf694bf3e---9392407284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/nekasuragixitulemafedax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppb8amknlids9que6sdlsr76v0/satoxilenuzudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1jpds3h94tp56clpb1q22fpin/42446292754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=burlington+covid+return+policyPDF 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_off0000f36f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF36F 10692 bytes
SHA-256: aae64a29035d7872cb9265bdc5b36315f5fed35f4a589e0c9220aa09fe009818
font_01_sfnt_off00010be8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000123fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123FA 17692 bytes
SHA-256: b56a58e2b571737038c09573cc00076d43e49bc50f70380569fe205449c6863e