Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45f7f60b5acaea96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:22:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fda2c6919436352c103b1a0fe080d5e1 SHA-1: a869b9d11e19bc9d2bfacd6a226e4c846d5d94f6 SHA-256: 45f7f60b5acaea96cb963f2df2b4ac103c0d33e02457424e94b1bd08d529afa9
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tap+tap+dig+mod PDF link annotation
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxarifipozexajawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/15942831151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrabottero.it/userfiles/files/9917442256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-klass.ru/i/upload/files/54049538933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renewone.de/files/93717336341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebuluzaxafiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7defddf82f35f8e0b4ab85de4fefc2e6/jivamojiladodatajofulibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/50697373451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/vemomarukakaxuzudozeleje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/90676458843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawabed.pl/uploads/userfiles/file/14684769664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/38497411141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livilgirls.com/files/nedutenamatukemul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champagne-marc-chauvet.com/images/files/sokuvurogivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rozynoklinika.lt/userfiles/file/9139051225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/dodegubexexevewiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af6oct0il1kpk4o4ll927ifp8u/29312240488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukusipoxofika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakesup.org/userfiles/file/8018598975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04f890cf2c64584c0fd7e4a40fcf1da6/82214958523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorlookup.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/736754844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/76387311376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medianet2000.net/amm_prod/image_news_popup/file/6401794964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.com/data/file/takid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135526c2d217---saneruwigob.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_off0000e026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE026 10148 bytes
SHA-256: 44de45d9805d0d61dedb8af2d1cd2d619107bf36ec609fcbe420a4fb77da462d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f69a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69A 18644 bytes
SHA-256: 9ac4e30496788d8d3333ce583c2cda1aaeedd990c40eb26a09478f432a0b712e
font_02_sfnt_off00012766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12766 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1