Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c45d4368bee456b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:30:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f3245d3c432a67509c8b16d8aa642fb0 SHA-1: 672cf3ea198798eeb4cc568f9636b2a46734ac4c SHA-256: 6c45d4368bee456b934f73c151a25f0643b1ca76d9157fe08752e6714bd31587
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass security filters. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+word+ke+pdf+ukuran+kecil PDF link annotation
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/zigumubirobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/botuvutuwusep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interconformity.ro/images/file/13090076432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lelvlr4ionmtlfb5irua5bgv1h/xepoxipamovapogirezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/51641435616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/70809993527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59324289854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2f1d17aa52d0bfb1adfd186d0b06119/widirejuxadiner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/redaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9inrr54loft8rincede5t5tb73/nagepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ee1ca6b745---kijukusageputog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ah5v4trd110rq4de0ff4hnpbj/73200387612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1afe0daff7b11b135ef95ca18da1c1f0/vagijesabasexosebanevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/54238756019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/nogejemul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63260184498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e88a852718---47826658259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb28i304tldhbhp3na391i9c21/37832320493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marienoellebermond.com/img/uploaded/file/27567185317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e4bb75494---6923430831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/30733934387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maristaslardero.es/userfiles/file/lezikurikila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210702024211_o8wl79.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f43561477---tevajogow.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_off0000e383.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE383 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9A 10820 bytes
SHA-256: a2c664234308a202ec13b0740a8249fd888d3a8a7257e0d739f7d08a531b61b5
font_02_sfnt_off000114c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114C4 18236 bytes
SHA-256: ef09d40f84a800a0979fa789d97f4d4aa773b9a1a5eb28dd70eeacd351b9420a