Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46e4ac446b4c8e22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 13:33:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ce6920fe2f338bf15b5cd23e9c990561 SHA-1: 7465608b2370a96df8056df46f46446770ad1dff SHA-256: 46e4ac446b4c8e22edd5b884942b1f909a2bb06c057a7a28d0eb49751e529601
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/farufibifunuzesuvugi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://speckrepej.com/upload/file/ditewifineruzebokuxojili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingeriedediva.com/UploadFile/file/2021090716232773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rickgrisolia.com/userfiles/files/totupalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikra-ekb.ru/files/fckeditor/file/32152547343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biharikft.hu/bihari-admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaselinalebakulizepale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tageedesign.com/ssmpt/documents/file/zerevik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/5883148834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1tlstar.com/storage/uploads/files/392615988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffffbb110f1cec34a33306c0472b259f/7911002275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongshengcable.com/images/upload/File/5686856221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/69484165847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/tatodijirexotetame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijomogagefamumekodigij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revewapazikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31346490379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb3ccca634---92311758170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137acebcebd7---pulusur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/fuwadawisaburawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufcnagykanizsa.hu/userfiles/file/bufujipupotuxuxugerutobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/2298751021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamivademini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/mikazivupuxarojewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=android+see+network+trafficPDF 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_off0000dc23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC23 17496 bytes
SHA-256: d5a46947a3ae77ed1a779b5c5f4784a93f37dffd0f5adb7c815d4209fd61730c
font_01_sfnt_off00010a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A41 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 9b512d99b34a8cba773ca04b585d7adf81cd2d5ea186edf17208b6e31a43054e
font_02_sfnt_off000122ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1