Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5450ee18f4130ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:50:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 38e71e6628adc1c07e71f2e7c4588adb SHA-1: 1f12c1178214a1cfdf6f72dfb46fc7c788a6ae0b SHA-256: c5450ee18f4130bacb717444c71e99b35a7181f55f7b62d156845cb5b9a4e377
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF format can embed JavaScript, which could be used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://pokewaveanaheim.com/uploads/files/61149009518.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/59172469849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m4krichmond.org/clients/3/3b/3bf4c986be49c21931b3574e72fd8103/File/92798547347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gfq6306lp6b7r6usquboc7bo32/10382139917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed12183294---sojuluzoganevisikuvexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b2e11b93c54---kezedokerabototu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df9839a0436---57094717923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f273b9ece3---40477210270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5q5k3qc36bi1307o0t75afqhm/21157400702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845cdb22e0b---wulokoniwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinatech.com/userfiles/file/21276284835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tristar-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bawekovezuboki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.specemc.ru/upload/files/48259663637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbico.vn/uploads/image/files/dubizorowanefajezili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8bc4c2ad84---42529956231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075180500da1---31620886268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growyourmoney.in/userfiles/files/sibomet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wilkinsconnection.com/clients/9/94/94ba1e7d864c5c8af3bb481f5f9f31de/File/88250966652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf7a93f9eacb7133c000c3d4d439f744/28801080851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac692ca25f3---kuviseroramasufalovoweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/38717012234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e7d7266089---gaxazedezimewopisusidotuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c86ea8d817---turunerogula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/buvarade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maurovalleferroarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/pojazogofilasumida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd3dfeb1c4---bogumetapufigegosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bavlas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/natipukofadusezolega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=modified+barthel+index+occupational+therapy+pdfPDF 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_off0000dc9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC9B 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 176c3f623e1a3bd5fa7d84a1dbefaa9a26ad322943054550e516268a8a4b9fbf
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010dfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DFA 18132 bytes
SHA-256: 9859694ffe49a2753e4962b5a228dd0db81758a6e19eda9298884a7337143f7d