Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f45d960e9e8d916c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 03:17:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ea18b9dd88620725797c49210c3276f7 SHA-1: 545d442dc4b984d665364515bd9e6b524e56e8eb SHA-256: f45d960e9e8d916ce5ae8bd9d598d1236be0a006a7e84a7406ab532da27c28a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.
  • 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.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161397eb4e3540---11453144823.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/80632673428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohadalegistrocbarter.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/91099636624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7477482ab18c8b0f3aed6f46168d4a6/62817248460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projekt-lesen.de/userfiles/file/jovulazelelijipime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/duwemisovor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/didegav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/3704735790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18723912e3c099f31031fea41a0fb752/pafafadegitasifugaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b7b.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/torugitokojagewefefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mafixuverigorofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hizirferforje.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/images/file/80123806339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/bukozulanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwpni.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/41552040245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/786c34aaaee8e19898b385e43e4795ca/46891306681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tobn56.com/UpFiles/file/ritazomofidolixibur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/47606149557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/kakaxagalibijeronam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/lovusafakirowakov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344cc916929---nawimoniwomemojot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/katilanigekapemapivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paneldeconsos.com/userfiles/file/zanowujuvupopulilavogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2fadlrropv5pm0nd4pl1dvh86/90435411694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbelt.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/vadabara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35647929767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359c7af2827---49762645459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=robot+shark+2+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000db4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB4F 17736 bytes
SHA-256: adb82960a0e165ee0b29d1bcf927b3119911b72cc40c7e257e84920f050c995d
font_01_sfnt_off00010958.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10958 10680 bytes
SHA-256: d1c9d5ff7acfa10932878fbb8c7e617faf548620c2eccd4fb837379ea955bd58
font_02_sfnt_off000121b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1