Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 845d101ede805640…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 12:16:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f7c2a0de6a0d71d864c79a4169690243 SHA-1: c536d0ad4bbdc2a16d09fd85d7b75134dd3487a3 SHA-256: 845d101ede805640d35972445fe2680e61698877766a8b57e5753c69987c394d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further exploitation or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+files+from+laptop+to+phone+via+bluetooth PDF link annotation
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/88008420088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.com/userfiles/files/63269778593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f98af555b9---32015535047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpfish.com.taipei/archive/upload/files/67922562936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenvalleykerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74989301493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614122a6e8054---jebowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klawiatury-foliowe.pl/_data/file/wigilemajewiselixiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ltptech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/pefomefatovitekekaguvoris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soi.icami.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81782958535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/zojigevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicearthfiji.com/documents/file/82373764009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oga6709l07dbcq54os58hikhio/16272897529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908055014105297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a721d2df78---58324004852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korovin.org/site/img_ufiles/kitoguxedetomugiwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1arbfjoe3bzh.xn--p1ai/data/files/tumegawadedoxovewigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ativn.com/upload/file/19735723242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lobusiluwasujezazalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ykzn8.com/upfiles/editor/files/93158031794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/ropidegijixemapiwobal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icsbc.ru/fuploader/file/88744084959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/38628975595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safeabortionnepal.com/userfiles/file/35644975592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyergz.net/uploadfile/files/46946437850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458d3f20ba6---25991191844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/jajavasos.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_off0000b85d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB85D 18756 bytes
SHA-256: f75b17b9f77d6ea76e3c27d0a090614c355b2b8733434574e6bb5e55d7cb4994
font_01_sfnt_off0000e846.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE846 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001005d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005D 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 0dacfa9d1c9595fc358c572ceec1d18e7fa29a8b044ff5fcdcbbc90f9f7969d9