Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b45ead570812ae4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 05:12:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ca10b4cb92d1844d18a5841868d1a9c7 SHA-1: 0154008274672bc3035cecc6a5ed9333292b8f27 SHA-256: b45ead570812ae4e957f797165c20a5021be7957ae5818a021b811476c3c76b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The presence of JavaScript and the link farm structure point towards an attempt to lure users to external malicious resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae667198a4---ladaw.pdf
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bfa213ea68fc51bb9358caf463e659e/weguzududeziz.pdf
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/wutowi.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97e3617901---xumejuxumufubosaval.pdf
    • http://stasta.com/userfiles/file/dewikepal.pdf
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c38d464b48---26497217488.pdf
    • https://vishalahospitality.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31400739809.pdf
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/61154454199.pdf
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/64453616892.pdf
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/vomorotosidapoxi.pdf
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/41323144098.pdf
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/koseko.pdf
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gcv28h20vtbpa7dnti3g1b7q2/22468130284.pdf
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7331b5d93---90044404840.pdf
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a83dd40953---gurovifapimekalematug.pdf
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbdca582b7---tefulezur.pdf
    • http://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/zudusizomake.pdf
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/xiwej.pdf
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/sisisimadeja.pdf
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/70446414418.pdf
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/files/nabuxosevabedoluvevuvup.pdf
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/96442536799.pdf
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bf5488665---gexinalumezo.pdf
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/6835127385.pdf
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4a407a62c---mekokugi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ratio+word+problems+worksheets+with+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000daaa.bin
4f60ce65ec3a39c693628619c43981dbb06b326c71f109a38ced4a39d8b84cec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAAA 11020 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3e8.bin
3655a32b6c15a17ca0d7e1bd331178700c29ea5e0dbe5f4e2957a9856b48bd90
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E8 16824 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011fc8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FC8 16792 bytes