Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 545f340525e3f61e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:23:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2d35f95e3ee5d869957dd29ff1f72ec5 SHA-1: 51b3cd8346a1ea4faa4a03e599f0ff11afb6af1d SHA-256: 545f340525e3f61ef2830751581ed05bb40b189a38294b4c9b308b731f7134ea
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting malicious PDFs. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f7a7423c3---96947962213.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69258923787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/154afed642bcb1e9cd368293e390dfae/nakuxuvopejuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/93279542362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/99205412922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49781060182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/rupusone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210917062707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lonniestireandauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/57537592244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fminterativa.net/cms/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43931474264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138faaa75187---lawululanerurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/17125696834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aecce880c3---64323885420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://on-call-anatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82578668454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qigoodteam.com/uploads/files/202109051023149615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents/files/62484233651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosystech.com/pdsFck/file/lipagiworonur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3765323956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ql2qevilanonvt5c71op5r7gcn/87369717364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/38055554283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanna-flyingclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuwetalowixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e663a6c7686a3ae55fadd8bcdcbb567/fupuwepafafavisofatika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ageddfjtjgrade.pretty-match.com/upload/files/63038601965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotterdampools.com/contents/files/xozolifinubit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/marobafovujeradevow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitvenezuela.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipefel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=stick+wars+2+battle+of+legionsPDF 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_off0000dab2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB2 11024 bytes
SHA-256: bd4491e81be6e8bb6f49cac96517361165acdb4c414950b92e77571f3971866b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f496.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF496 20748 bytes
SHA-256: 13d06684932399b4dbbd67349124718b032be21ebeec04cdf3f8369550018283
font_02_sfnt_off00012a18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1