Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b45e10a0e0208ca1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-06 16:51:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a37d9f43ac5d05f66b68afbd817d90ff SHA-1: 42d05c62e9a17ad9bb7a4644b0f5c9b6668a2614 SHA-256: b45e10a0e0208ca1e96caf387c23fbe65674fc7a6e3b78b890e94b02eb4dca63
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of link farms on disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=graphing+polynomials+matching+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1bda1f97c---jenugibaxoneruri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c92f9ab193---nafezeganazeseputenopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://circolodelpistone.ch/userfiles/file/60219942878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/162339361049319691348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c70f457ac3e9d2faca8dfd604587d990/96602916929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/medadoginezujokim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/zibalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c26e0a66cc7a9fce9ee151cb06cdb94b/lulojalowuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609010d331fec---kovumumujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/zonimekimixadipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://passaicvalleyclassof1957.com/clients/44362/File/vafedifilokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d723682e110---roronowagejipurato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/319c2b5fe5f6ff94b9b623968d8e82b4/6087862603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d0cfb540e---sogedelivatamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/6456496520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcc7b04ee07e12cbbaf54e50d5cb02e2/desazasurimukonafob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dananeye.com/uploads//files/202108030213056260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/16770876941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad5362b4ecb---bizoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pu77ktk3i8itm92k7rn1nlg9mk/3128226043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c9f972241aa8c3f6197dd62f4d6bf36/jatirulevurogifesugid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ecdd00b9a9c2fa885dae6081a30b3b/nibisaremizidunedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9c814def0---4623190282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ae9976995---nopugisixajirized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio3.com/contents//files/51052471518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phannhan.vn/files/usersfiles/files/femisebonadawupabefofaba.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_off0000e6b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B0 11152 bytes
SHA-256: c327cb0e24ca94e225129526abb2c0cd085ee7957cc2ae68b7cdb058e4413531
font_01_sfnt_off000100ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100AE 16908 bytes
SHA-256: 28ff88017fc76228b110cad7ec3cc935ec1ee6361c96a3a2ddcfe7b3ecad27dc
font_02_sfnt_off00012cbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1