Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46a82a6f66bb20a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-14 03:51:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e3e6a4dae76faac754cc19d856438d9d SHA-1: adba0d7a0ffe1fb66a5c3231420741c69f79f2cb SHA-256: 46a82a6f66bb20a9252350b68e9a69197b5b822dd8dbc7995d79432f08638416
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites likely serve as landing pages for phishing attacks or to download further malicious payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+factor PDF link annotation
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a6a0f2340e62aa7936cf51e84761352/kifelufibazodonugetexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd157932322---16598046609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd626bca54---labesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e8df719362---sipetixesanenonerijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a47261ec9bb87675fa8f94a64a01796/jubakalafuzelofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34f019fa0615a1d4e9d3fb1edc291893/49439617667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/965da55b33d8135a79c687a60ee03750/pibibowifutaluvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/10106942124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/sewabosenigixobajijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6b3e40234---716663281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/72521931223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/evto2p2gscppr3lfo0ic705gc4/17405575887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a9237e29f---lobamaparekepadipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8t1a28bueu906dtpgdihvep2o4/43239229312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/risumivitukanaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speaklifeiamgreatness.com/files/files/titesexifitaparefaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/napubetisoxisewewos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/goreruxuxetuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oteaexpert.fr/cite_imgs/file/72827161859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076245db8ff4---papopupakojetirovifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/resubonumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6b559da433801e2701c8622c8e1b022/faloxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2bbdfdbbb9---88645586172.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_off0000effb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFB 10288 bytes
SHA-256: 7a01034579c8ef5afb0b99ee9795364297eeb459b5483972c77662d8f6fefe6a
font_01_sfnt_off00010748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10748 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F5A 16608 bytes
SHA-256: bb828f734b34f6e76793ff7239bb2cb49ed1e9f34a20f0292d2271ec19d2a747