Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46769b52fe794004…

MALICIOUS

PDF

152.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:03:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f3efe613533e219aab4526cebf3f3922 SHA-1: e12302028e30bca75e3af7c61d6d04624523a27b SHA-256: 46769b52fe794004770bbc8e45961e05e3cb2715578c889f133cb2c74de915ff
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript stream and ML classifier further indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic reinforces the lure to download a file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5d0f195a986ff33322b0651070911ca/74234703872.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e93e43584---wofurasobedajabozezivuvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb759a1729---9846106378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovosofisexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/fedodejinivejowuzemata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/pamimemulenodixogukenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pragatitic.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bigirilex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6593aec4a70a2731c6648e8d2ee0f17e/rabodatinixepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we-women.de/default/files/uploads/file/94473179830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takitech.hu/userfiles/file/75895022650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14236715586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standdominica.org/files/files/13524315661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ixtvs.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/megalozopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akvanova.ru/sites/default/files/rutiwewozokinesufapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cca53rf8mpnnlnh7479nmhh68j/39118204648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af96a0294e97bf9b8fd41d2763c7445a/8531109343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1915spdlst0k7fnmca3i97tg4s/rufulatupitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc220c1c9ef---27898726976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09e2150e49---xavipobizalobagite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dorfadvertising.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifivafafotimuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lysgaards.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83834552338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e97f3d8d434f14038b1ff24f3025787d/375986538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f1415cc51---soxasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=fortuner+2010+owners+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/6238700338.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_off0001f138.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F138 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0002094a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2094A 19256 bytes
SHA-256: 09ad3d1490572f5b7d4092dcaddf41a93d8fc3a28d8c3d2cc93898b0882a22f5
font_02_sfnt_off00023b7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23B7D 10632 bytes
SHA-256: df55f9121b471443c52fdfa2945ee236846bdb39c158ae36e0b71571e95fdd38