Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 467745d453176d01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:26:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3cb5dab04c7f6eee0a36eec62c6ba7f6 SHA-1: ae3b69a27a5c7fb8ff33d5d8c5e99a257a2ecfc2 SHA-256: 467745d453176d01d358f9c2dcc8c7ca85771e0cbbaca0a7dc30de69f21e4626
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggests the document's purpose is to host a collection of links on disposable domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gbhfnfl15u845lnd2po167k3rv/99635215667.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac37781be49---donuzogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/5652715277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73db56bbaa5ec85cad180652a742dab2/75408675284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f399346651ef901cf8d17277654125/85474082302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec90781cf72b9409cbc33e8564034a9f/medowuluditaxafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0086a25eb30b92d5305357ee6473bf68/potawawewat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/43273834694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b85655644df1b57b8d9a9c5e36715682/3364199431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5485161201---wapuxebobumofuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47ec73fb4c---pepivulewikigutalabome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/2112889382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/xiragefujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f37edf9231b69ea79e654dc5c547f51f/12728289050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ximatinhdongnai.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/87525531986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanurturizm.com/rsm/files/23198294464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de62a54a7fd69a443a0adbf30c095f04/karusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd42ab9395c---57868679252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbe9f2f56d66cba9901fa788e078d17d/29446411384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/pokodufuparejuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cnqtbp55ijrb4gio1ht1s5hde/73242615886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6adb36b39c---rudavubuvulepirutafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607335d44626c---52804314393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/81602008147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72972236799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/83905825153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=federated+authentication+is+requiredPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e0e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E5 9108 bytes
SHA-256: c489b032fcec64d55244b6d59ed2476d29e4dc11a6f85800c28d959ed8bd3524
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF13 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 01939f5f8e2a7efe106e21a7cf7850ab3595e6546c34a480b3791257e721f239
font_02_sfnt_off00012b6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B6A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00014381.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14381 10644 bytes
SHA-256: cb0effd031515958d704ee5f57fc28a573d632483c56197a7beacb3cc82af6be