Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45ed5513e4764fac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:21:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 809ef6a88ea783074c60b90844f35248 SHA-1: ba2060441e47a84ef08bfb1fd1ed6cd75d74e14d SHA-256: 45ed5513e4764fac884121c7856df73034f154f591b872396817ee870a832b7b
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. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are used to host phishing content or potentially download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • 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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=printing+press+for+mass+production PDF link annotation
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81bs90v5cu80rfhunf600b96l0/2477374390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.org/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/64728033950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d6804ecaa82f89a724e2082354a5662/8703321798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b9fdbaf8a---daxizexizosiruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a5975465396c40bcbe479af83bfe35f/35088319095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozgu-yapi.com/firma/files/14019393726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biluvokugitafesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69c644bbc0---bisamika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/luwofimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chptravel.ir/data/file/xilotiduvozovemimirobafan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.monts.sk/upload_images/file/45852193348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/vesuworozaxixixixali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608801b6e5021---44752312527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/24646590124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/38687452607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanresearch.com/userfiles/files/41683369733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://condosworld.com/abisol1/userfiles/files/98294533007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d1558c2ce2137c9b21bbdf1e0ddf806/54799079452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/25084624109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplorium.su/userfiles/file/14838779142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilegt.mn/userfiles/files/2308581442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/rurimiwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607016d749027---38195859648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/71264784225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b4fda16ac---72744709008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000144bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144BB 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 40941b31c356ba1ca6c22b0133d2502e5874423314f7c41c1ade3d3bcc8ea288
font_01_sfnt_off00015e24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E24 18884 bytes
SHA-256: 002f0a7987a840b8f78b1dba193d40d8b4f47f8825391ba845f7819f27f7d675
font_02_sfnt_off00018fbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18FBC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1