Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46dfeeb36da9a484…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:57:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4fa0d9efb206e4d1ed52b29bf126d506 SHA-1: 90f9b3ca7ffb66d693de99c2cd5ce7dbd6aae968 SHA-256: 46dfeeb36da9a484101ecf50c1d1cd91e092a5ea1a3be6048f9ad41d659fb5f6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads. Additionally, the file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a broader distribution network. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/28252589924.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/45214375492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/61759965242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/118dc853eba0279803474a132b66b1b3/voduxikosubijabuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63f810a6f1bb356b67f5c5832927507c/62824879338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunajutojilozomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/kapobesolalenapimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4qen621dq63sqg73qg6j31efo/70870596960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/37330287908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/xewanupebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/kijut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nlac6jlqbmnde21208pt034cg0/tuxipanikijof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/55969777037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9a21d7fa4---2071845393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/pazuvim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/tevelazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f4a08009e---24928075336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/6784687424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c992146bf---gevewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609303e34f273---31017560856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llibreriaha.com/img/events/file/2931775129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=le+petit+negre+saxophone+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_off0000d178.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD178 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e98f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE98F 10788 bytes
SHA-256: e8e7c4c0cbfd98c95286d798f2de472e2fe5bb01ce688722208cfce72223ddca
font_02_sfnt_off00010225.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10225 19232 bytes
SHA-256: d635e95e62762e709e0f27ecf001b09a1ac663a3bc994425a48f93fb34ae442d