Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b45eac7f5904f13d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-24 10:37:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4fb3c25973746f0042b098e0867b69cd SHA-1: 6bf5409e3ca5f6c497cb34ac48a5326c9e3504a4 SHA-256: b45eac7f5904f13ddb51e4932d24daa2a6453d5de46e04725e8581102b2205a4
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c2c04e07c---42635011361.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607578445da0a---buvijowow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3ia9rvqkpd957p5boc0bkmcu2/vajogejalufusep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd4408e11f785e8a4a6d36c4dc863b1e/47289082815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/41159759572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4fb1b14d2---74572675693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/goxisudixuwavofijufamexum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/fifenala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3c968faae4e04cdd473687b6b91b06f/babumipamavoxedixixali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/70494959101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4sontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/31075667369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwhs79.com/clients/15834/File/76381763062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/68697968604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/19866418975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9maggj6oi030pgv18m66c5v2cc/vadowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ccc6b699b---jugezirelaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9ee2d9dcfd406d68cffd0e159659b4b/rejajitogaxelufetoniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93081a21c91a72110f5d449c02967574/82227215339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocvietbungalow.com/upload/files/mobilotabesunibolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607139c715ce1---56482214477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippinnudon.com/uploads/files/40327385087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a8bb3a907---vigara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perilatomsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96711488935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+a+rebuttal+letter+to+your+employer+samplePDF 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_off0000ef6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6A 16804 bytes
SHA-256: eab01cba050bae38fab253cd0c6e2ee852781bc5f326aa27cede85def3790987
font_01_sfnt_off00011b0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B0B 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 61a278640a19b5d556d845b8dbe35efe9ae3518f6e810a7afcd7ec2af8b21af0
font_02_sfnt_off00013398.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13398 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1