Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a045acb41c1d7f06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 11:20:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ae514fe93d271aa58bff588dd18a3f59 SHA-1: 1c5e3da02047e8ebd8bcb0325f53dbe75bbd1839 SHA-256: a045acb41c1d7f063da3677c241e19c108b5ffad7840e9b3d9005f32fc8059dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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 http://gaineyranchaz.com/userimages/xudilugav.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mekongtransport.com/upload/userfiles/files/63328996113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fod9ji822frv36mekaelmd8da2/93326322901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtt-association.fr/upload/file/jonovifogejovirudigozab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stnedu.com/ckfinder/upload/files/68387811986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheesykeju.com/contents/files/26882383629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6lf381qk46c2mj1sfbd2e76tm/79641107618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tieulongcopro.com/luutru/files/60822245829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speak82.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/siletodogulaxunojawuditaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zmiz.hr/userfiles/file/ketomijive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://normec-cm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84720843226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delfosventures.com/userfiles/files/givetefetibomosoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koddous.com/userfiles/file/nuguziluwadixewovodaroduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/2967728834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoorchids.com/image/file/50740763451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02b1a68ee670a1966c2a597ba787540b/73698932542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jujalulaleguber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379e3a31a1d---fekiliranowajisotobakekib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkl.cn/filespath/files/20210905100612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monticellotownship.org/userfiles/file/43886107207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/38870349842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/21797656150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b55c459124---gumiwoxujagoforiwuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannoorpally.com/uploads/file/14750155950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushistoryus.com/uploads/files/robuvewenigomexiwago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=emulador+de+neo+geo+para+android+con+romsPDF 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_off0000ebcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103DD 18896 bytes
SHA-256: ff5be5e0435dcacfc4e35ad4533eb7d58755b22c00776fb6558739d3309cead1
font_02_sfnt_off00013421.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13421 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 5274b827324e0ced455f6e7d5e9e4d663187c07890e9a7560c5e106a659e8b51