Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a45cce1b3d0a5698…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:09:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: fb624b6b09886068473004c5e9a70170 SHA-1: e6082401dcb034475e2d15fd43a9cc106eff9485 SHA-256: a45cce1b3d0a5698cfbe3066f7f8d659f991443782ab86e6eecb782a14f7de81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer, likely to facilitate further exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://saraya-shop.ru/upload/files/37345498060.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://krzczonowice.pl/gfx/file/popolodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapthagireesyathra.srikarpagavinayagamills.com/userfiles/file/13739048238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moretonassets.net/userfiles/siwifomibudabekiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/detelebekowexapofeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjamsul-hidajat.id/ck_uploads/uploads/files/42922888975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/74291228246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e8543ca16---95190725449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/096315fd9967ac166bff988f3c4cef0d/suwibejagoditusafiseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0764045742aed75a1b287da5450511bb/23140477754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/32097267877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venus-forever.com/image/files/86102897604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents/files/siped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritran.vn/uploads/news_file/sumonatilipanora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c975ecbd41c6a751951ad1e4332f753/51346330294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immsac.pe/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/18739529490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gobelsprofil.com/upload/files/4706109808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erainbowrealty.com/userfiles/file/lebenitomijanolewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents/files/50822524831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madurastones.com/userfiles/file/29502139892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giga.sk/storage/file/kulazujuxasuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://millvalley.com/wysiwygfiles/file/nudosajotivazepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356ef91c872---gidanuvogitubudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketingnews.fr/images/file/39946887222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redactron.com/userfiles/file/35018377437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=android+audio+profile+managerPDF 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_off00017612.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17612 16464 bytes
SHA-256: 80b33da3d5645a4e537303852486713e3b7756b355aa24adb7e77e8afbf0c4f6
font_01_sfnt_off0001a0ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A0EC 10656 bytes
SHA-256: b22cbd28f8a9eb0ff28e8ad4026f8fc1d068e2982b6a460828a6d43a32676e01
font_02_sfnt_off0001b909.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B909 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1