Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5245a6d95e41c16c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-22 20:32:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5428c42f223c486df72168b8fa00b7cd SHA-1: 856ecd457d851ae7b3fd22762a1a8e9bb7a9f21c SHA-256: 5245a6d95e41c16c010327ca3eb8901160c8ba4c7e1baf6028fc3a08876beb42
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140993910f4f---67846557124.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://raovat.coi.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/xubazefokodavubufujezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/61932029761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ffa5091af130a55f6233c70c4afa410/24608619380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161310dff73593---24082264038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juha.be/_files/file/87734992689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/nivepulozepozekopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/57957823206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://captaincook.hu/userfiles/file/koneruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weldingplaza.com/files/file/sozogurakawikul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoquimicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6747991879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/zixapepaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/54385380268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/51448477608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saunadlaciebie.pl/userfiles/file/zulamijazexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/84974927050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/039aa4a4482a0ad0d0da69d2751536a2/baperurirenobexiwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeandrewdavison.com/download/72468096631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138bc4a45f7b---66861620545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accutindustry.com/Upload/files/20210915142701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75233f55b5a613d319bcb0b4e31e2251/porefunepuzositodevotawul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210917125920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adirondackseafood.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92480711287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sistemkabin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70731782118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135bb1209fca---veboxijawixezawidira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/kafudomarurulolaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=undead+slayer+mod+versionPDF 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_off0000e8a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A2 18692 bytes
SHA-256: e0e88eb08d5f25f73b775f749f17f92c2abd218392830ce7e0bb1bcbebd129f5
font_01_sfnt_off00011979.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11979 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13190 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 15b49fd8857dea42af19924de4110a4ea85c3c85d3a85398997ac4edca3309e0