Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 466e5d66fdaa2418…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:17:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2bdef66e5510c1469f748eeac395ca43 SHA-1: 83b401a504d91bce31b5293817074db3f53078f7 SHA-256: 466e5d66fdaa24185dacffe280d93fd5472cf4b40136c7785e2fb8ac853b69fc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121c2de1a153---2779805861.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/10759346841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/nozemamabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120c11ad977e---53872263764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tedawitesopozofevepokivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429002812499031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruegen-ferienhaus-schneider.de/userfiles/file/34156736416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e2e380f01---31331214484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roeveragri.ac.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c0905ac72418a0805c3f4ab36c6e234/67018636078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ca66adfc5e07aa5d4d4b3c728491adc/ravadufonanigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/634506647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba553aea8d1---kutedoxuguberivurezure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/duviwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cf40ab1cfe3b19cbd46990656ca5628/pabesopewuzenoribixiserut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--k1akb4c.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/logowewukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/95302407400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e59d550d6b---gavexotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d5547d3bbc---81604476131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sqx.cc/upImgFile/file/20210513175127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lugashotel.com/data/editorfile/49439179239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/netipefubimoloveruzifagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsinc.co/userfiles/file/79375947135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herborgthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/98480288692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitizaxabexuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=satellite+communication+pdf+bookPDF 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_off0000e63c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE63C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE4E 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 1322c8656d8d356103b6c1cb595f3d1a4241a7bad683b2ed584822efe617974e
font_02_sfnt_off00012baa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BAA 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 0461025264af5cf44e865591c73d00d63d367d2cc9c00bd6e9575d36638f0f55