Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e45486d11df64dca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-21 13:47:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f527de94ad31503a07e71d2ce7f7f271 SHA-1: fd2e60aacc40cc5c04037fd25c57dd5dd34976eb SHA-256: e45486d11df64dca361393fb9073edc0e96fbcb4ce790dd2ee005408c2631207
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable domains. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/bejejolamonolapobisunas.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/maronulonotojogorizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa35338a0a0---xokigexejexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wghsclassof69reunion.com/clients/b/b3/b33699c65747f61a54cd06c2fab73d22/File/jefitudoxitulomote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b842c7827b9c553b87ad227f1bbe59b/vemoraboxedazoragetakixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b36ba20f15f68630b5e42fcf4343193d/giwivizuxuduriweroro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/20215131048582969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8516d8f15622e2f49dadf635023f06f/waredogusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bor-diing.com/upload/files/vanijulerarego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769d8cc269d---25699230756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/55053779251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uob6k2d2qs8jbjvuhkp71k02c3/44981589642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/kejamubozid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/tuwaguverobizuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/olirozudemulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmloccitanecr.com/campannas/file/zukisozedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/molepozasuwesitejakuluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e17ab2e1309---84811852580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/xefoxofavetikorifopojasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074471992f9a---lufalewukoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2170201d77---bizupovapulaweru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bb4078171ff34e580be8b6ab8422a8b/53999243232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1336b77a19---52387102855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba9f6e68a3c---taxuvixusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn68.com/clients/75339/File/56783718798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=does+hot+water+wash+shrink+clothesPDF 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_off0000eb6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB6B 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 62e9d1c38da24444c76107ffa231cc3fdaf8610a9a1036a352966f6a67e3c0b5
font_01_sfnt_off0001035d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6F 17484 bytes
SHA-256: cdee8abc9833bcd37549dd99f692c322c4005278fca3bff357f7496a65b7fc5e