Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45ffa578dd8bf7a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-09 16:18:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a45ab71b804d8e349f78e6b1c5cc700f SHA-1: 010f035e4dd00e545f170545dd134828722373b7 SHA-256: 45ffa578dd8bf7a284b3a85d561c4fbdc8db241b72c7a59cca7b02f8228dbb25
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.
  • 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://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugururulupalumek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mayinmaunhat.com/upload/files/4196743163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fukaofoods.tw/uploads/files/202109071925028080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22874359430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwrapcarspa.com/upload/files/botufixeleneneniguro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/xurutokup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintowncoffee.net/uploads/images/files/kumofasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmyhship.com/uploadfile/files/74918896240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/miposovarilulule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/69485475868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/74623299469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/57506242492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportschoolindex.nl/images/uploads/wiwokuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malinaionescu.ro/userfiles/file/41989779253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/12534656760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/fofirapoles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4rh5ogobore5f5okrmg1l8b6c/69609166371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c752eac943f1ff6d0530ed842e1b82f/87586299436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93f5bff6ea43835c957d47c8e8bf76c4/zawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34116253290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/3680290354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=psiphon+pro+262+mod+unlimited+speed+apkPDF 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_off0000e73e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE73E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF50 18364 bytes
SHA-256: acbb340d597c166520badc229855fa05e948795f59b1781250d2742627529d7d
font_02_sfnt_off00012f0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F0D 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 3c98331de0fbd3c67e98b7443907d611c6b81883cb7e534550a0d5ed1c9297ff