Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 645e2d34aa283349…

MALICIOUS

PDF

185.0 KB Created: 2021-07-17 09:55:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d8a7f66c4c3d700e61453876fd5ad127 SHA-1: 5a780b3cd5c9885ab441ecb2b38cdba227bd5c0d SHA-256: 645e2d34aa2833497c0c241459d3d9aca1ebe23ef727c6b6ffa187cc8e1726ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or exploit vulnerabilities. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

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://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dff87a69715b4b9fd771ad555822a4d/widosarevegibifopelewet.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://osheamaloneynylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bobixarubomataxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021060911043173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/zememadepitekuwojeloge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072af942fc22---16347822450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fljkbj25u5kkqababp16mg3jc5/76244721318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mflmvfrf840ibgoikquj0o097/31731851150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/giruxekopupivasobababub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b41015cf91ef6eca29b48e06495c8163/wubanexogagabedamiximel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ae3f1e54124cec6258fd14be8b03b94/vazixowado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ab6abf45e---gesaxuretajekorewojezov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luchetti.it/userfiles/files/wugurilumasupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adrteg8una1oro6cfdi2mii8m1/tikekojuvarurubupesonez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmhvh8nf32728ma8fj7ucgj317/vubikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7126190b9f---70954873946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38392840594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-video.ru/upload/files/pawawivorujurob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f80d32f24d0562129119136208ffe4d4/bokapuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5fe33ba781---13032034192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db330ad0940---54097710259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/8465902321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87fb88f22ef86386f70fef04fe10b233/fufomilagelupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=carl+jung+personality+theory+pdfPDF 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_off0002709a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2709A 20396 bytes
SHA-256: 648b184ee37e06a041aded2b4944847318471a7d52ae4cecf48333800853e370
font_01_sfnt_off0002a494.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2A494 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0002bcab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2BCAB 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 99bef6671b44ef4017e7fbedb09b78933f0f778fb26e28a20822541b3dfa6b50