Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 545499783c9861aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:15:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3c3f98f5efe4ea327cacfbc3523f63c1 SHA-1: 45716b1c661ac4ba6b0b9f464c45c983a80085ee SHA-256: 545499783c9861aad70a8f74e902bb4a60560edbbf87e07f3bb351c925e38da0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, many of which are part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. 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 download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hsc+advanced+english+grammar+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://nieruchomosciturystyczne.eu/files/file/kosofulatamewizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alwaysthesame.pt/site/upload/file/54137227334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/88231351501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613837810e137---pekezofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graveyards-fuj.ae/userfiles/files/15943047811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0cf81659c---xewotajumivifawosete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ficfart.org/userfiles/file/mutalukudimaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsaix.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24636687778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132141bc0c10---30302250721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/77683179232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcpremium.com/userfiles/files/15762887417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140baafdb652---zebaxizidakinurefarimevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94881524934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/66577874476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1aeekk.xn--p1ai/files/file/93237733871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgweld18.com/UploadFile/file/20210910143456706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b55202719d141072906e2af66e56947a/figiwijigotelaturerapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmt-tw.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/44119997834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/53590296705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pate4me.com/userfiles/file/suremukuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/54645268482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdpq.hungminhits.com/files/uploaded/files/sevimebobagepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/zomemupekowaxokato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuocnam.xyz/images/files/50657367077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7bnmlfanlvbgscs2qq7i26ma7/kigutaganojozi.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_off0000d94b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD94B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f162.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF162 10908 bytes
SHA-256: a96b5e4cb05fd0d3bcd5a49fad86b414d830c02e7343dea30ea77948ff3fb866
font_02_sfnt_off00010a28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A28 17252 bytes
SHA-256: ae44e1b6007f7867426dd6f434928d42b83b290467b00a144f8e2bf224a87443