Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 246e5696806f9301…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:03:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 841241e6aced791e7fe55d3c432b1223 SHA-1: 5a9aaab36f320d45405363b3eff64776b02a2ec6 SHA-256: 246e5696806f93016fe240c11682c3f4e447548ddd51ff46c3b3d81fec6c3dc6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90228997279.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403dba559e7---witufuwubibugolonikin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feuerwehrobrigheim.de/upload/files/99498304755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.biz/userfiles/files/11724926836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/kuliwexobiruzewonufakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphamarino.kz/images/news/file/11513105747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenflameenergy.com/userfiles/file/78930270191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elturo.ru/img/upload/files/18025697430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents/files/94050447386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62431970999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f22887a07---29030838764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jalaxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/pivonuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anctools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88031963382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oldd.adventurenetbg.com/userfiles/file/noveniware.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/nebejifetupirarazisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jopujuzubufudibowerid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkaudit.sk/101/upload/file/mebaxitesaninumalegizudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewhitmerlawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/padoxebezetad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowalstwwo.pl/public/cms/images/file/35731502509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143fe7445b57---meguvitakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ducthai.vn/userfiles/file/sosaxejurijefekijirazabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.ru/files/supobopaxeluguvakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondadejean.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/40178860917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omegaplus.bg/uploads/pages/files/10734271469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=anandamela+pujabarshiki+2020+pdf+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51908959394.pdfIn 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://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_off0000cd57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD57 11436 bytes
SHA-256: be1040c1ab869921e4617f185603cd79f6c10b87ea91565df4a0d2c7178058f8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E0 18596 bytes
SHA-256: a89fe949ca03c11b2c19300ea75a9d2cd01b7e8c77df10ad4103c36b2d9bf0c5
font_02_sfnt_off0001186e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1