Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 046bce9dfe0c019d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:10:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b4d8d8e5db73591d1e9c9c4eba8c6f2a SHA-1: d6c06d3a86bbf2b2a7449695ea4ab1a67d48f0be SHA-256: 046bce9dfe0c019dc59b7c0a58cc04f2c9c56db4dd0bfde9e2be841832a57e8f
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute additional malicious payloads. Several heuristics indicate this PDF is part of a link farm designed to host malicious files, and the ClamAV detection confirms its malicious nature. The presence of invoice-related language further supports the phishing lure attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e69e62cb5---99112708577.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents//files/37756576177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/palevujofuvogekukunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5i9g0uun7i4124o50fb2rqmdk/pebixevukivuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/10895294667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608aaa0999224---salorema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/tebazimudutakeluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/3049001815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c93a0924c0---gobotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/1424166051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/funumebalizipakuseju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612165f218cdc---mofexokimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/sunavarililapolidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jager-ig.tw/up_photo/file/zifajinegekaresatinaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5103726e6c---70813500771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/57337632238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18bht2fr9u4n2t6aj9u3ig3pm6/modekumamukakujufiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdf612e11642c328cbda631825ee2209/xulozozilefufaxerotazikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imdad-egypt.com/userfiles/file/daturatenorirolaseramafos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b768ac4af717e4497ff551483f44a45/5191353796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2uah5da9vq8on2q0a8vegd98a1/45224118237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xarewusomirukisazawilodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/361afa8bc9aa32bfdfca927e74199885/82067651666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ff933442864005fd23357823c819166/zifamituj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hostel+rent+receipt+format+pdfPDF 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_off0000c405.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC405 16360 bytes
SHA-256: a81ddb6069462503148e227af11a5a54c69077eb5c2eda7a2e495c8ae967e01c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE04 10772 bytes
SHA-256: facc014d3c84464b911eaea45d6d64795ab2f65aa8ba1f220184441c85f7cd0b
font_02_sfnt_off000106be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1