Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45f7975d3bd9bd7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:30:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c2e212b69fb903a56fc9c6dce7684e82 SHA-1: 4eba695b82fbec604275032eb669ef1d15012206 SHA-256: 45f7975d3bd9bd7e36a181d1c6780ee683ddd3a6efd046456a30eb3fd1432fe2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide direct textual clues, but the heuristic firings and numerous external links are sufficient evidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=staycation+in+pangasinan
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7eb373852a---xipexidomibekofinatuma.pdf
    • http://ccapostolicchurch.org/clients/1/19/19d200bce63520a637954fb60b162b1a/File/67775101186.pdf
    • http://cncforginghammer.com/d/files/53495617724.pdf
    • http://mayamalay.com/clients/874202/File/31553672637.pdf
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4k45qa8epur5u81pkigvp7c76/zepuzu.pdf
    • https://rmp-traueranzeigen.de/cms/files/ropugetotekapitemanir.pdf
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64o1fmo7u975hucljpkf1pps45/31687762763.pdf
    • http://luatsutiengtrung.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/87807337300.pdf
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/50353502758.pdf
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf0a302edb93bfdf9306e09a07f00f8d/sizimujozukevodasafa.pdf
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca8e6f5808f7850c5a3db817e1ab5c54/pakaxubi.pdf
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/zikanujola.pdf
    • http://jubileejec.com/userfiles/files/vimemilira.pdf
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/96502806022.pdf
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/840d167d298ea6fee14fa6d80b6ece08/12044562871.pdf
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bae765dcbb60bce1d9a1266a26754b77/witinubopevifov.pdf
    • https://www.spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69212046589.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160981bc4ddea3---93444026401.pdf
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/diruvepajama.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b192035040a---64453322302.pdf
    • http://transinfosoft.com/userfiles/file/34863241890.pdf
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/90441124770.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbca.bin
f4e474f30b3f37373c132c060fd98e50e59a1c583eb8f09058c5a59592fd1f65
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCA 10460 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000113b5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B5 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012bc7.bin
3fa3e89f89be88f02ad9e221139659a44a4efd5147f152a94043a031e6ad267c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BC7 17404 bytes