Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b45a65bffd2362b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:07:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 98cc7b83179b5be3ca8694a05cbb6b23 SHA-1: d7bbe22dea1bd8ae79b1f099e1da23acc468fee3 SHA-256: b45a65bffd2362b12de3ffa40664035127bdf42e264b6c2d17627ad7d249ffb8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised or disposable infrastructure. The presence of numerous PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM firings supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://www.rapn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xeviruzifagadaze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/14343157663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turystyka.powiatlubartowski.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejuzinugipojogetiniga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluza-shop.ru/content/File/nikinavafoduveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/26545982245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsup.co.th/uploads/ckfinder/files/46788117782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be9af5b3833760f85db3951a29bcce1e/95306998369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swapnakoodu.com/fck_uploads/file/878208645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legouic-peinture.fr/userfiles/file/71592734880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbontuning.ru/file/nibafiraba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/setabetubixazalibami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albawadiroad.com/userfiles/files/83955795731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanhacollection.com/images/files/73838894327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salespate.com/userfiles/file/23777701211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magatek.com/documents/file/fetozofiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/taxalobikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50141811949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dezis.ru/uploads/files/52531183221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614450f37b1b4---rorujipizibexokilel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linardi.ru/files/file/24974668545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smenergy.kr/uploaded/file/493360431612fdbecc47cb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lucky-erotic-massage-bucharest.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96398289077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9361573976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adesso-moosburg.de/images/file/kadobixiwevidosoxaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpsm5b1i1ehev0name5p5bv5c5/4228409119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/91772751610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://folientastaturen.pl/_data/file/23474515989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=tekken+3+apk+download+35+mb+for+laptopPDF 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_off0000c29a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC29A 10984 bytes
SHA-256: c91dcb82c04a6041d38fd2d1aa3d81f3a47a6b9e861bb03d3d644d0e1f8585bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f412.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF412 17460 bytes
SHA-256: f1e01621ae165af823498cf6eaf1ef0501f7688a0262620ce48afe1469db4556