Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c45045fa0d02085e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-26 12:29:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 871b0426ba3f5bc6e7ae8ed2a2f5bf95 SHA-1: 0575520afc43853639f73120008b5cbe3fbd6410 SHA-256: c45045fa0d02085e2e992cee1fd8624fe52f01402e6f734a33f8eddef27ac159
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file 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 external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of numerous links, including those with 'utm_term' parameters, suggests an attempt to direct users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gemini+streams+iptv PDF link annotation
    • http://gzhangqin.com/uploadfile/files/84416151174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canphantich.net/Images_upload/files/dasaseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtuae.com/uploads/file/67504647707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertexmedical.com/userfiles/files/tazazalobisapexis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/38480488572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147e11ae02b8---vabugenowagejigikuvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog/file/27861724541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiprojektai.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/36001660462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/nutixukimuvirajit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnkingdee.cn/Files/file/202192302419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabtur.ru/upload/files/wutaxisetoromigabimej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globaldreamindia.com/webcms/file/11509546248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubytovani-budejovice.cz/picture/vtextu/file/disuluviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143e6535e23b---27739883082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6eabfb1bb2f9879e0f278e5a4af9c4f/92608757615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bixifusomekufuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolbandibileklik.com/resimler/files/69482243307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/mivafusunun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/94492326338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/mirajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehedgerowchronicles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuvanudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojebuxegaxufudujabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.le-domaine-de-hauterive.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85852556490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/gifekudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/30326767314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/gigunikelota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/65035213609.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_off0000b448.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB448 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 369f0a0695f3298e21d202a1c61f74163558184c31151df2be13b687e9921f45
font_01_sfnt_off0000cba5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBA5 14520 bytes
SHA-256: e95b63f8d538854de50e52704a099f4823417aa08254cc1b4d2784a99fd43685
font_02_sfnt_off0000efba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1