Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 745d59a5fc00f18b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:26:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 39dd0495e8734eeeeb59942ac9325df7 SHA-1: 6a3c74b873949a9672cc69ea0db9ae71a758ac15 SHA-256: 745d59a5fc00f18b473ab4eb548b8cb4225834604ba35c38f3c676da853e86b4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristic and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://adurucui.com/ckfinder/files/fitanetorizapuwitus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bunny888.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vatidexulobujetiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607547ddbe93d---72079546688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://6nergy.fr/6nergy/sites/default/user/file/22752579206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhstroi.by/uploads/files/18776205335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/56983150084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/nowaponubazekifiruzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/82317540174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/moxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883cf03bf6a---44116557778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/2021530104374226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/th2v676hbrfhi88kv9h7qp7uud/86759617065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalimodelagency.com/userfiles/file/bedebuzelakigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b181cb4d67d---vukokezufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landatur.com/files/galeria/files/bexuwipupumuwujixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/lefimazukawufubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3995c51f4e674c1dba799b25934ebf9b/lubokumigogavajugilaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverla.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/lukorupoxajujebedesisamot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67396493114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/57922908903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7198dd5841---65571006847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18fb077379d4b7fbf8e38e99783808ac/fodimupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a7f160e50e9b2f87b4d7b80d26b20ab/kalisoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e95bf614a9d---47802439869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=scientific+management+theory+notes+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_off0000dc7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f48f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48F 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 61a4096c441e9e50cc5b96cd0b271a3ebff83b8017d53629af92313819e7e305
font_02_sfnt_off00012242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12242 11208 bytes
SHA-256: b5b83c4c14f80e5f3aeea2677d7adc778dcf7c2f100a0937f6086a3fb04933df