Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 945574cebfa2f9e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:52:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 312d519efc7a8743931efee033697546 SHA-1: fb065c8f263ba8c361cbde3bb14790b78a5ea677 SHA-256: 945574cebfa2f9e6b89197ff3db1f29ddcd8d395a52202f72db9b2451455ea42
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript 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 distribution. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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=in+your+eyes+acoustic+chords PDF link annotation
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/emgkirqedrl9p9pbon4thvobt0/sudakobinasilibaratitosup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americanewbie.com/userfiles/file/38173550897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/wuzewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/zofozaxovikofirupuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/feroridimenonazefavukeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb701dcdd7---43173376157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072038d697bd---18092380922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebfc9c9cbb---25212068594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stguvi8epc4vj5eu3fbdd3jn33/juxifepapoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codienlanhminhquang.com/upload/files/tebumabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d3b19b879---97989157056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70c93f225b7079908caf525788c14966/14816265334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/fagokemufova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/47460736876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a69faa132---xafimadit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/416037ff7293a4bc88050b89f74a5486/68227514727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/wipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607086141a939---zexekajuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46a927876f3fa91c52068ca676626fe6/jitutipipijuzemiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9157c7752---47642299683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5650bc14ed96aac4797491d1daabedfe/busarivazimenilixizofiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eff735818bb4a659ba5e5e793aae8ae5/tixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078860ad83d9---zijezukad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d334a61383---kafiwazuwibedekubajudadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/15239985.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_off0000e8a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A0 18648 bytes
SHA-256: 2985ad35ad3d8cec297299af3976af811100cc8da66600646e1eb1d1d2552bff
font_01_sfnt_off00011994.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11994 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 5f3498c0886e1553e0ad74eff62d0bb33fbd337dec0e9d78fbabf3d589501f06
font_02_sfnt_off000131c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1