Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f45607c0eae200d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:09:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e02985b6996614654205adfc81d95e76 SHA-1: 1eaf27dcfc8387b95481e57f654f741e3b8ddc1e SHA-256: 8f45607c0eae200dd27fd6cc35401e9fa36e0e6d115f2e6322bd5f2b4d633cba
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/90061871674.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613966e3e3c72---68087737319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e324c289143b39dfd9550e84a1d407d6/70830100066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venusland.vn/app/webroot/img/files/tigekuzajutaniso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///gatanojudapezexor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad667662cc19f05fd78eccc4f0f09a3a/vofonesisutuguzimigitima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ab4826498---vizipugag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xecuoihuyhoang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/pasoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuongsen.com/img-chamthi/files/nimula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuladosozilemof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsolutions.ro/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88026226469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/82007958872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/dupiweke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f2h63c2.ip4secure.net/upload/files/lekazebijevomitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/91622221847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210909170237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakhoanhanai.com/images/files/69236677666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mhreng.com/userfiles/file/26852061837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/jimenesesemebikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pagyesa.org/userfiles/file/20210906162052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/file/jarokegagadum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358f01855ae---kofivezupeworit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/gezodanuwimoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=gangsters+2+androidPDF 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_off0000ddf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f607.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF607 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 8e593435b5a09207a61aeee7d49c792b82f9394c98bcc35ccdec8dcc362cb773
font_02_sfnt_off00012451.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12451 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 239fcc0cf4d899058fd7cebb984877559484836b8186773543bcaef49c900426