Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46f120eaa841933e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 20:35:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: fa75bb83b8a5b56c2cecefe532579efd SHA-1: fe98bdf9c9dc7de97485a689550646c7ccff48b9 SHA-256: 46f120eaa841933e6224de83aa83c477f9c7aea597ad85123f722351faf8fce1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as a lure to trick users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7e81562cef95f83062414cdfcb012d1/70390479686.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/36549329652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be34dc4f105---79883238940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4v4a3bo19bdnvnpg3rp73s1vne/vepobukozekomakitepomuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5a2953904044292cf6f2cdf46c1f79e/40062548998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0cf7e9f622---vidorolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/42472534397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s219370ini8dclhaccppepa67/vitafeximosuzexovujolexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090934333669---99971218042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0d5de6714---64035677990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750da417efc---zakamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5gh369q5r1je3grcqu0uc4bd9j/17622298582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae262d1c0dd---wipapomomadisisigativol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f40c212426---volesilekobegixefipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csh2eglp51isdlqrgo4mmj4l92/38201741517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitaminyplus.eu/files/file/najup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7368da6ed3bc97c9d62b969d012dcddc/nivawoxebazuvupufimami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa40dd53f1c---bafoboxekitogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8390935f50fa3e811b4e89efd5c27944/zixenoriselijixulubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1638ef5ea556349efa9bf72c145bd92/23268928437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/rajelikikudajisuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lm48o09d37ocak6ad3hh7hml9u/dupenitejuxoberalifuzazes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mlu6lku0d30to0cknrhm4pc44/gifekigavojabevurapinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/sabudifetuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e5cf662c3b816d9afee135f579a8892/10915807027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/6986028786093cbcd445e0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=first+fiscal+yearPDF 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_off0000f890.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF890 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 7f1da10add809adbfe9f2678ff29ff05386211dbdabbed8f1b7e82878098e1c0
font_01_sfnt_off00012490.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12490 10196 bytes
SHA-256: 20af059ad0084e3689df81f0aeedcd54e70b53a57bcb2f07d72ce41706f0df9b
font_02_sfnt_off00013b92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1