Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 446c8d7b14dff928…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 20:47:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 56a9c46ce0dae8a6565de71d920908c1 SHA-1: d1f863fdb333bd8e7a652364a44de4ad4e1268e1 SHA-256: 446c8d7b14dff9282e30d3a87422f740811c5866a560b8a53de0c1bd7fed58a7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution, aligning with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+spell+three+in+spanish PDF link annotation
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160999c0609ad2---32695297579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6771179838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701f7c2096f---64711908147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamslakeband.org/userfiles/file/39528091328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43f31d9c883fe58e3a7eeb2ad8b17452/31274294398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b551b195346---93167665438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/kowakudukoxexorilibomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eekb94nldkte00l3cufhf5kcc/45293146564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fopalpim89pgbeaq8o348somrm/41938872758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/73729425365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mu0f0ovao9261hn7u8vg3l1302/70404984210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db539ed871fb3897032b76299c131d60/6814324328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608dabd3585d6---keguxoxenaxibunemuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teranor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6643262274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7ab93ee18---68778409656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f404231f0c---14605230301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a75a66b6517---zofafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/845596afc83b7a26d6adcff9b1b039c4/28259940476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab555a4deb6b18935ebf6fdddb015a9d/fatil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/fagajesikujifibinaxovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b4401edc6b01b6a88ce62c71448b964/37513102266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/68261258900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/46052199855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/kozasejewuduxa.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_off000107d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D3 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 3b176c334e9f7183b6b0b0b445e9d26e0b01b3ba71223fe4deaa62dd7cc50a74
font_01_sfnt_off000120a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000138b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138B3 18904 bytes
SHA-256: c909150f955d6c3dfa63da64ea3d53ecc8af49dab5ba074d2784901bac3e06a2