Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46e4b68442e15081…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-10-03 06:29:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 61c39e3eee775c1c0f384cb7458e10a6 SHA-1: 1bb7a0e84323df1a36edbba5c2efcf519128acbd SHA-256: 46e4b68442e15081562b4306d7edeb51cf867c86a7be4469fbe88569a4aaa701
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, while the link farm serves as a lure to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=indecent+play+broadway PDF link annotation
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecfdff4d1aaebdaa62e218cf2e2daa2e/venapelaziravimele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwva.com/uploads/files/mopewekusomurikejexumite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82997506553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vogofewumesugorajafako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/62397303430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pibar.tw/uploads/files/202109171233189007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/kudeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/33940815575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/bepedijuwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdgom.com/upload/file/210902190954511696hj25tkbp8gsg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nabisori.com/userfiles/file/36791338435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86206966381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maritime-models.com/userfiles/file/varubazekuduwowusuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olgapolyakova.com/files/files/bumevidesiraxedasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinaaquachem.com/uploads/files/54524072798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rs-entp.com/upload/file/45776554937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaus21.com/userData/board/file/39969969609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/29188218042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interconformity.ro/images/file/47007845308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vb6on4223h4j94rts3lks632nr/78775625638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/70308482234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkl.cn/filespath/files/20210925213754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpsgk9tterm72knhv29t6rn7ra/vedumotuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kehlux.lu/userfiles/files/revunutokefegasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdemo.order-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72523172686.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_off0000bb68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB68 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 3b7e464881029cbdd3cef249cd6d05ffa92f6ff16b0f2a722d017f2dcb7363d8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD358 21044 bytes
SHA-256: e27dbad31e670c1e5824b3acdc6344afc80f6f46d2749c37c2484354ed17a628
font_02_sfnt_off00010ac5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1