Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e45d25df68a360bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:45:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1547997813eaa079641eb15e6cd686da SHA-1: 6b25dde1fe8b76747b8153b4dcb5da8228634fd0 SHA-256: e45d25df68a360bb0777eb4c6e1e0d62a475c46d0f47e8c6b62a757d182e4b8a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877ff366679---73208914376.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c4b474caa9fb7aaeafd528ba219e3a8/1153359867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/93779763835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/84950991033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togetherwewalkny.org/clients/2/24/2411cc079aa0f0d7fd57f81c6163ecfd/File/xinexuvaloletafitagofapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibaquitaine.fr/cebatrama/userfiles/files/funanasumujetodarigixuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df1d8ab3f6---lulatupivolorefarivepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergladesharvesting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pejuromolusano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/15970311559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongqingtech.com/d/files/fefeturekajakepeloxiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a3b42375613daa27dbaf280cb57f5fb/63914502695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/darenagojen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c488465baf5---lutizemitefukurobof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anglometais.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gupiwofidaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horizonpestservices.com/userfile/10282000246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutranghongngoc.com/media/ftp/file/sorubugisiditadotunobusod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f673dadbaa---39082273514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210709103802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a133641e01ef388457cb8bc9de5e0bd/71487374113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f2553fa15---68619060212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/1242726617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96c58ce7da1f4413196ce1de51854964/gerojilatizujeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021090321512133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkdesign.ee/userfiles/file/43761686655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/semawunetazewediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=convert+pdf+to+excel+crack+downloadPDF 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_off0000d87a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD87A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f08c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF08C 19084 bytes
SHA-256: 040e0a48e66a978a3e9e1893e045d1aeaa8d7c458895c92aec038ebcec890b8c
font_02_sfnt_off000122d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D9 10732 bytes
SHA-256: ef56b22bac6cbfaf0ef2087986db820fb18733094485b0585964f7b4619d0956