Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 146d17fc08f0f174…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 20:42:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9941a9e5903a7c4d83f714b2005e1e84 SHA-1: eb6abec9ea2dc903b3297f62b30636f757e489e4 SHA-256: 146d17fc08f0f174752e25ca93fb30f4d3d9e7aa6160ec52a07d55dc2c14c80a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external files, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://aven.su/userfiles/file/7273572826.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f4bc6ba11---posoxirulujuxoxofosikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://destockbaby.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pisosenanapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2886caf2010b52162326c34de6fbe8fc/48053725823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/59694830516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fad9796067b262ca613c60a4c42ec0b3/20587500278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dd0f5d116c03a446ac001a5e2705a38/nozepuxovironupiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/wapezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktdasne584t1a0qpsqku38el61/61679777734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/67409347307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886a0f5ee47---98565136405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi.com/contents//files/gaxurewanovimogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/57865379610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/vixavelawetovebika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6e1suefhk2va55d4i2vinram1/26568239051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b037d284ec---64625895952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ed0486eca03fd24d6f68bcd4f99cae2/kemivoxizewololuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/fezalaguruketo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/55187170669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/runonobegozuwote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/784c99f4dcef3ea29c3cbc802a2f4885/wodese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e98423a1f2b154c47fee62568111e9c9/6940486587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791707d41f2---pinijelatabafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d9d1d62d6ae35e383dd51bd9298333e/32150825639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/litewasoronoduwoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=gta+vice+city+for+android+in+200mbPDF 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_off0000efd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD4 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 0e41c38ea8b2e236f19041c969857659a7a7a9ec213da9f77aa035109342f451
font_01_sfnt_off00011cf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013510.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13510 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 901f45e8d678b6a121eca5a700562ab2cd7b9270253be7681714c0bd19590070