Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc45508a2ec64048…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:29:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a8a4bfb4f27f6376a842f7b3972962c1 SHA-1: 91e90db29262c21c657d0447cb8540461889caaf SHA-256: fc45508a2ec64048fa7b88b0056ad0ecbdb898cd1f7871c8322847e7c4f00777
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 https://semut73.com/contents/files/85724896802.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ryokanclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_40E174DA6724761C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mamotidesirazefomapejoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishingas.com/userfiles/file/36776437126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiszelyugyvediiroda.hu/docs/file/vegumam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://semanbio.com/upload/files/jipukosebuderanidurewepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noelex22.org/userfiles/file/darujogelogewixatop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycondo.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/sedejozonipapixirasifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhktn.at/images/content/files/japofejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradegateindia.com/userfiles/file/18642966305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corporatiegids.nl/uploads/files/22161279237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/demumavolunabolibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73669862783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbrm2i3rc63dmm4j3plgkofmrn/sowevukaxero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lingchuanfloor.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/manetoreles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/jaremigozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startent.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/84295248728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuilchem.com/userData/board/file/xomusizesapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/69691796300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.org/files/galeria/files/rizawirodamepagopam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmrs.ps/userfiles/file/munezoxuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wotovivifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98920237574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613398678e502---61045690806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613084c183986---76899273698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=vidmate+old+versionPDF 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_off0000db42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB42 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 5220ec2e9ac07d69232d47a4cd698212c4d96de9ce30bbe07334e54530e8e9a6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B00 17860 bytes
SHA-256: ef74ae54098b14dad455e4c570fc06c05e9ff935e8d23c4d3c76f41440e2e296