Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46f49aea2d8bcc6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:37:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3dfd9e283fe7ec8f8ab94a2510f73d8b SHA-1: da255fc63fc8a84a6920cf138d96da1f542a8b4a SHA-256: 46f49aea2d8bcc6ba84369f0e7557864c7bc158d83ca7ed56b9935be25568283
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=angels+in+america+full+text+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202107240852128964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b23685f8ae---57784402945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nokianhakkablue.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mujokewofiwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ddc72ad4a---numuvikonuxobolusuvupije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/wovoboreleragax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/24219584107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/27817057588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82g9jeosg3104a1sbkvgicb9g3/38519826779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fletcherfamilyreunion.org/clients/52745/File/nutofesudowexijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/jasuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/digatisarojotunina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec51c796d720ad5ca57df4e8ec365e46/57074252780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eageqtbvfl0e7251hd9on5l33k/mosigefepaboromaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbellamohali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05c65e987737328248068c3fdd9f9022/wonifarorofurosetafawuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--krmer-dnnebacke-1kb72b.de/files/file/34144973152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edee5221d5a---zaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sandsflooring.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lezovosemovivuwesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/rixisaxazuzirinamazir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lufty.cz/UserFiles/files/wenusodavedokosazuvida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/vepadurawapimel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/53292070439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d9fb6712b5---75225142646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldfieldssanddrags.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30925920297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b97f08dcabd67195a23796d6fc21cfe/jajutizofopokil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/94083454325.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_off0000d246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD246 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA58 18424 bytes
SHA-256: 3e2ba5a723424bfcd0d9addbb81642cba0b4dffe6678dad1bc7a35b5cb0270a4
font_02_sfnt_off00011a18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A18 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 4c467a78293d3f17cfff5f1be3d5892aaf2f63a9893b7b9d7030f646f9fd3771