Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 845cb0a8a05b6a9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-07-30 02:10:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: dbc30a3fc1bff95fcd91a1322a6ee2e7 SHA-1: c2f886dba133b9c22c6480ae4c13bfce57ecdc21 SHA-256: 845cb0a8a05b6a9b0ddf972ed7952c6b0df7f6f44afbd0d158d23e9ad86e0df7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the document is designed to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+run+a+correlation+analysis PDF link annotation
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/98240488316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/famunoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/58570116670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/14596052624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b011151f9ea---gasasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/6282871687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3xlove.com/uploadfile/file/tawudurevizopotanuzazula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ktgroup.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95978236513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqria5ks5j8njjt7purdgign05/26824576248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/9075574306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/fufamonuroweliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikansambel.com/contents//files/78530251966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqc2qnnotprr36dvmo52q7pvu2/guropogufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emaaravm.net/upload/files/komebatufudafojajuvodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pozitron-s.ru/userfiles/file/81606090223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcos50j4sh2b2sn3rtufia9bm3/8062468477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa576205da---fiwavusokasijifitidoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/benatotajekesisib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848d8ece43c---jajefedawikawisinaritat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/sevijenowapijolitekosan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75a164bca9be91ed686c51e888f46cbb/86892128961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c977fb755a4eb8e859e90cdb5aaab27/likibotejukanubobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/7573586768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/galugijidusaxoni.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_off0001149b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012cb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB2 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 268411fd25bf5d09cb36e07d6596e7f974a67f60c63f7a94e16e506029ef5e6f
font_02_sfnt_off000144cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144CC 17288 bytes
SHA-256: e038072059eefb761ee7f2679b371126623397d9da2f9c1c99bac065a60fda0d