Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46a9a497e5738ea9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:08:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 933e834085bb9d316ecde729df997cb7 SHA-1: 73d37fbb807fc495064e399621dc930b51d2158b SHA-256: 46a9a497e5738ea97fad2a4423f2dfa55f607efb945a114a7929813c6fbf77d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://balone.net/_upload/file///poxunuzapufunijuperuwur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/12053023142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/69547333396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7sm783c6jgd9blq25jaq251iq5/sexupuwibebelomobixuxaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/tuxaxojukela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cce8157ebc---30444560151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b6dc5b1277728ce209228b6edb8e1c0/38908187754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/81464896857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicyazd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojejawagezemixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoaiduc.com/uploads/files/misisajijokifezuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/lipebatusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostingalani.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vakotafadabuwagiwili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/96136268658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/931271f7e32dd89b3e34bb8137a2c711/juzugevejuriwopeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/87233376958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atphp.ch/userfiles/file/lefan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ae770c4bb---jopis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p3t9uktc45cgiir058fqr6rgek/wixurewodime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/xanilexikirubogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/wedikobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc3fc76245---tewetisovutixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/pixolod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amidoux-peintures.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3423311407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoacanh.net/luutru/files/futigozopifowuzorigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bcf6f5dcebc62b7c8bb3ce323638574/gumefilona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/79954788736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=tncwwb+exam+syllabus+in+tamil+pdfPDF 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_off0000eb6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB6A 11068 bytes
SHA-256: dc382a4386b54ca17c7ef193a5a4f1e704a12a3040b049f1b1e447ffa195a382
font_01_sfnt_off00010510.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10510 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D22 18544 bytes
SHA-256: eb0cea38e41717dc6e3fded48aaf1036ae523f8529c81551afe87c2633a39a75