Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 545c9b6c8bf23edb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-04 05:53:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 17799348a61d70cf22789347043c5ef7 SHA-1: e31cddff312dede72cff09d6cde4aa208253cf2a SHA-256: 545c9b6c8bf23edb887b7163a1be0fffd5ce6f10a27e699896a3d81e243cb237
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised websites, likely to lure users into downloading further malicious content or submitting sensitive information. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised CMS uploads suggests a broad distribution effort.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/31553707965.pdf
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efilrp70j9fn2ut2bgf0f1lugq/87349214862.pdf
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc55daf5a61b9d2749eed12514a33fba/letovawinugomoxelag.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea33149fa6---wakapofanedef.pdf
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/83050615720.pdf
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41df9b86b5---35920922950.pdf
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/14363135392.pdf
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210617193544.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95ef9ce0ea79a176ff10c2c34ea39422/34541979487.pdf
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u31oht8ma3qas7950ejqtsd033/86749026741.pdf
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/36360256748.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hanhdlk7hgkdt1if5fo5ql737/3833574593.pdf
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/sizudofofotima.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d665379ed---timipiz.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a98ca9b2f---39308714905.pdf
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/jikaxixovaviposezokafeda.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43a073f70f43995acd3534b4debc39fc/77288878118.pdf
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1ltoc6kkn8md0db2mpi9u6i0f/saligukapakimukadimafu.pdf
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a893f054f---28938778850.pdf
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d76407999---xijev.pdf
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701d71e34fc---pitamusobukivizisevofomof.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cengagenowv2+accounting+answers+chapter+2
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f632.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF632 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e44.bin
a8ef4f12eb3f21b7e8276e9c5352aea8ca324a4e1fca2829d96a878adc50eb37
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E44 17456 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013b8a.bin
88ad96b67d0dd6c1dcd8113f911517a1b18e7f1f2a00b45406e48ab94f5801cd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B8A 11008 bytes