Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46bfe93d3ab8328c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 12:06:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 7735a0b9a2bb31da89771919ff166e7d SHA-1: 6b76b69343a48d01caf2241b152d87d67882506a SHA-256: 46bfe93d3ab8328c074f36576487ae60cc7c0d8869c45e5e621460bb6955c17c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. While no executable scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple unknown URLs reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7a405df30---4573851882.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ccspatti.org/userfiles/file/31944418359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/456c07cc36e4c76025670bd809789abf/94658412409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kapudomevidefatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/97501172387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/lovomefaguzakukafozugagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/42113053297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf47c7eb015---zubug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/zubej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1181d4900---wenarunibujabufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc2281b522---46166276322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4f06debe9---bodetirewunukuxovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210606_A4C764A618EE377D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntrc.biz/clients/f/f0/f0759d16aca5b3dfc9163ee994587b7f/File/84328268665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/305444517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aligokdemir.com/resimler/files/gisepivagira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/35603161190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrion.org/upload/fichier/69341701669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapes4u.ca/sites/all/sites/grapes4u.ca/files/nurejulad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/diwiwoxozozebaxegopudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1b7dd80427bd3c323b21603186b2c09/5727229727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098644b3ae00---22010430992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa96e3d7fce---jiwifuzadologelezewafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44n4qk74s7mct6gt89pu8r2kjf/jimutijikorawexukuraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f476be834c---danogerefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14b3df916d770132a12597c453636e9a/96765297070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=neutralization+reaction+in+real+lifePDF 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_off000100c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000118db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DB 18468 bytes
SHA-256: fd0b60dbcaba78eec2dba59722775952573ffb0a34ef714af72f7a95705ec0a2
font_02_sfnt_off0001498d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1498D 10296 bytes
SHA-256: f2f36d11508ed33b3b573c87be8cf3c87efd233a25c33aaaf836f308a550e36a