Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0792969645918a46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.4 KB Created: 2021-07-20 08:42:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 1720917b61124f29df7aab6f4e9ae6eb SHA-1: b3b42b1bd22d7b92e3a63fe9a36b1f24d3640736 SHA-256: 0792969645918a4647c2f81c1f6fefe4f461def121d065d3c686f15646a985dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains embedded JavaScript and functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The primary attack pattern appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious, websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b7ba5601c---vegosagosetasotaguxulomod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foxipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c164ab4a36---33946551141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/bebigun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b039f4b45db---fotimurasufujuxijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cpb9vop8116adl2tbk42gtv45e/lebumagef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210622035838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510669c7c03c0e390c5d44b9fb050b14/jidovedikojev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ob6c7ce029an0e56rc0864qnqj/61821790133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cgsjsa07rfkavf1h9h88cm8k5/wejatapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/59361025186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5b3ed4c46---21305505014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36921d56c2aec9266b458423d1163278/logiluwojaxapujade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0af931399b52271c92c0de388e0db2c0/13817423694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/37069604160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b402c4e3c3bd1526112fe6054577e50a/61506476792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibunajcc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumasajobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmduncanrealty.com/userfiles/files/78003362283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0omk0irgjuvhtfvnt7t2g3pvi3/sidejuxuvomigofeloseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patokapugsnkisses.com/clients/61143/File/71638160536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/bujejopimuwunumukefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b348d5391---vababunenojoroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/31410566582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16961113031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=quantum+theory+notesPDF 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_off00015e9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E9B 20036 bytes
SHA-256: 913877f76dd0c6f5ee88541480066a4c1568349bec373d9477f915d7b60abc73
font_01_sfnt_off0001944a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1944A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001ac61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AC61 10508 bytes
SHA-256: b0902459fe738f3b02ad7cab7284c4d97384baf4cd00f0ddb6cb300251b2a86b