Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 046767a21f499f19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-05-16 14:46:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2b1183c28cdc26693c238ade48989c62 SHA-1: 150dad07a64b1c8f39d579ce012adc41b5071e71 SHA-256: 046767a21f499f199c7ec449cc20d1ed757eb871dc6a4848e0a4813d42ef83e1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'computing systems module test answers', indicating a potential pretext for directing users to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the overall detection profile strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=computing+systems+module+test+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/402fbo5a5d4trnf4qq0dr859u6/gazuboketifobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3665f735fc82dbf9bb10a09432252675/dovojiwigokuzisaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070eda90522b---91415446813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/81656772386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/naruzabanarefijapabitug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/dadafabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837802ca465---kuzowiteviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/li5nhdgvv85nmpoo13s944kmbc/tujetugaladurugijimaket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8346e748355ae464561043c4b7d57b0f/boxorusoxajeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/72975308606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751a28da26e---72213210712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3847ca99e---nupifobimoledugufijarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contentworks.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4bcf492c3---watirarebisuzekezonemosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608054f841ee5---74164870273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607592e9412f5---zatibonozoraxunojazevotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c22f18f08782c789072b44974148e9e/12722793718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a80812ae967c1e0a7f444482537b7608/boxijizugikinimiseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000100f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100F9 5376 bytes
SHA-256: b0806945b8a45ba7a93f2b5b9bdaa7f40bcae1744a8c5242a74e1db8b506e079
font_01_sfnt_off00011345.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11345 10944 bytes
SHA-256: c42372be804b66c1190cf97664e9a5aa4a88e134e7cbc140c144c88ff088cfaa