Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bf46eae3896b774…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-07-25 12:34:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3464ab861442b7c8970621003cf203b7 SHA-1: 3a6e10c1749cdc22d07bd7af90289e2afbb87dd6 SHA-256: 1bf46eae3896b774b59c79749695a6d8316965b4fbb9317b92205422a570c722
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting user trust through deceptive links, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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.
  • 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://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97nll26o750b0rn6negoqkajk0/zedosaputegikivuzodax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://navigator-33.ru/media/file/66135088482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/rubobowopemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuahuyhoang.com/media/ftp/file/25343227917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pettwayfamilyreunion.com/clients/39389/File/82221041834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a030c89951f31bc47fc2474120584ae/66612373118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/80979828952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futuwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thayloilocnuoctaihanoi.net/upload/files/rerupupitajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/48553966881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkqgtvl94b3va0eltcavvkd737/79261365515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c498198a92---75019010972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdv27hjhtrnbnj4785b09tf477/magilinabirabukebebulan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/69452723683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58thue6ua9kjlgqb2e9qusfn32/duvufakipazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607447f6c9ac9---zakukanelegomujakita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ceb85de7b---kuvigureru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160adf04638f2c---wekenegufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f88ef8197fc---batodamabavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16b40eccb5---zibiniluzomilibavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://towa-aaa.jp/userfiles/file/16244779406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df1f703cbdbc2a957ae56fba082a6bab/34478572659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d680b4688---10981764771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6n8v4php97717dhrpns89muu34/21468216394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+tax+credit+for+medical+expensesPDF 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_off00011955.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11955 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 1a2ebf4e62e9484667f7b6db8bebd369207723ff2401e0b64125a36a2bd1b086
font_01_sfnt_off000132a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014abb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ABB 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 773853d03f9c21f3d9d96ed4873eadc837dde0f729da87227af86257ea80b2a0