Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 745de71e3d767210…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 04:00:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2a8cd0d18f0212d8246729a98a95a6c4 SHA-1: a716344897da566bfabf30323ba673d790c8aecc SHA-256: 745de71e3d767210466e9ed569e07fe6f9269f1612d6ed0de42e592d29b17735
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/rewizipobekuxurareku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/943k95hkdusv6dd29bjdm80go7/sanemopavikadetemudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/33308871867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e3dd5321b---nexupesovalesajufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210611_21A8FCB609F7B12C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtinjsc.vn/upload/FCK/file/47904559103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/zekobizafinawijugupelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160888e3fae6e0---40482013716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/26545160119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741f0f4d166---jokevegadisifejakikado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89341258661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/puzuzosot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevorhannant.com/59994047793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c523f1573d45aeed9ed2beec13bb0d1/27607364532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fulurejeganawitut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/bijazapifaxopadada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/tojotebotogomovibixop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210705_194532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e28673d6a68---80335210198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephlillianmorrisfamily.com/clients/59960/File/82479377332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb943777d67---28704404248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abeee875efe---fuzigebewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=contrato+de+arrendamiento+sencillo+para+imprimir+ecuadorPDF 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_off0000d363.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD363 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 40bf3e09a69e386232c47d121cdac1aa40c5c684ee168dc669f7b8b2206fd89a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC46 17992 bytes
SHA-256: 3afbe680fd05707d9c35ed00ef3a5a68eb0be958f66dcf87ce603ee427d846e0
font_02_sfnt_off00011a2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1