Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46c64080816166b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:14:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 37043f58a37e947a744d6468cd52ca16 SHA-1: 85b94b8a4dd5400ff6d01cec6a4408bba873d4d1 SHA-256: 46c64080816166b52535d052ba768705463f75a0b720d0a88b42d3b393a95e5b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which are associated with link farms and compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO abuse. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=livro+jejum+intermitente+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://adriennemason.com/assets/files/30600325287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anitacalderon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4585937966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/080ea848aa9718982193a9924abb389f/xopijeronuzemadelefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161264efdecd9b---sawesizini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/buxifaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ee8c7f9e0---kusezegulim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/womirod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6a21a4bdb---sojizedabubokig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a12549d013d33d211b183fe23a84f649/pajuxajinijelaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup1.com/contents//files/68259328332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/18435733518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erisalaw-chicago.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wibudexijodifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/65223881199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtcivilnorth.com/ckeditor_file/files/17423982302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbddf8272459fc0fef84d04005495a01/kugopexotifupupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902ca83aaed---75728324919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c1c016a477f631d5647d83f98b9b9b6/80576837703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/sewuparofedepanetapopemox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilegupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/subonatijuxojeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a53d2689a27---14621909659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/zajonowugugigobatufamija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baiduvpn.com/upload/files/soximafusajedizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/ralobesivaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/15505251224.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_off0000e7c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C8 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 4dd5c89635f700b3d864ef815e11fa82f84b28a1e6df2d44237c790db0cea29b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB7 20364 bytes
SHA-256: 8ebbd4a6e9d54d2c44cb81870abdb2b21e77a102423f9af65223b92fbebea19f
font_02_sfnt_off000131bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1