Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 945eb19a25000b3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-27 18:33:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 943ef9df223f7a176380e070424da536 SHA-1: 8bf939c4cd487250dbb3d5ac57722d587f3546e7 SHA-256: 945eb19a25000b3c59d3b4334ed33ef51f13bf8f4f3e202ee5ba3bd15b60680c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to external sites. ClamAV detected this as a phishing trojan, and ML classification strongly supports maliciousness. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users through a series of links, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9a62687575bd3d25aa133a09ca9c44e/guwusimovagi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/jegikurilegixeduwatipela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81f22fcd4cd221f41f8a742f8a05095a/gelod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ffa682934---midovabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1hbtvdomfjbumnj20vm7e8ran/46541993861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cb3d5a690---dulanifanosinatokejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmp81b81gdtlo0u1tgduujtv5r/davapevowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3r43gqe91iort2bqrar6nak3c7/tejeterojomaxexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/68881710317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deleersnijder-bocaege.be/images/file/furazabutesokatig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e395eeaeae---bigilinujepedojavovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosaison.fr/userfiles/files/37866713046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d29186c2c---21796928567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.axelendinggroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3986746bb6e5c8720249b6a2e08a6004/96873144406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/jexavevos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov04a9pooch560phm3mn791ji5/59682584874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfc124177f---dumajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abca8714154---givowokelufesurer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2dc0a7d938---duraporev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuanxuongmonmb.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/zilalirovejuwawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/29556773316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad955a81d39---puzakunafugapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs1965.com/clients/880801/File/bilalejunofalunemav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/2428391138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/31904559353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+build+an+mbotPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF724 17108 bytes
SHA-256: d19e167985c9e38ba8ee1bcfdd7d594a2e1c7e9726b2b465ef47f22383851a6d
font_01_sfnt_off00012393.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12393 10328 bytes
SHA-256: ce17d5254dd456cc6bd44fcbb28a978146ba60d9335d6d072b04d333c0ccba1b
font_02_sfnt_off00013abc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ABC 1692 bytes
SHA-256: 6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13
font_03_sfnt_off000142c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1