Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 745af4352c16c298…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-18 11:14:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 38538d6004527b1dcb28b37d119b6bd2 SHA-1: 5430dbc89ae02ce8a89a617d02d9fdcf07cb7672 SHA-256: 745af4352c16c2989999aa354ae5aa8b1d01a52403ae2d10f2572adb2a57502f
164 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, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idjmp1ldk9uqf9kn4479cvcd4e/dimepopakikudu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/32620739646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qk850utoj59utp5eibvsanjf6/14234793677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607027bc00ffc---26753958879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac89860481---60510921349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxkimya.com/resimler/files/66542571459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uzmansporzeminkaplama.com/resimler/files/43119370997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33282173841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7efbbda9f75c0fe3fe8e6eaad6bb2d2/nevojuvuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3c8fea033---pedopuvazudepolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb11ec328aa---56798838279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwtcs.org/Content/uploads/files/wowejupipix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gf4mcb9vrdv8ohhcs1hnc7eq1r/91684029987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed118dfa19b8e815503a4da2f4b86f13/52228137680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38346445830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/jajonujoxovadinigivubegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/45094313524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poliinc.com/upload/files/karezumotizowim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/816ea2027b04e4a73009fa09cdd244eb/sabasujakegumaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/davumakeduzujuberatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=histologia+do+sistema+cardiovascular+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_off0000d83b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD83B 19176 bytes
SHA-256: 65c280ad6ecae8515a4206a0dd4668bcdfb014ef2bd047fd6a9de17ef7d94251
font_01_sfnt_off000106d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D6 11016 bytes
SHA-256: db1d030402e99bc4a924cd5ad0fedbde67eb8b97ea8913e6f771c66743a5682f
font_02_sfnt_off00012048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12048 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1