Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d46310462bf2cad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:00:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 76fad21b13c2281f9d55e95c97314577 SHA-1: c70fffdcb75471ffbbf0ed965ea329ec8c763f01 SHA-256: 6d46310462bf2cad847b79f13cbd23260da1ac14d74994df2a9e4845447e0b98
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, utilizing a link farm hosted on compromised CMS platforms to direct users to further malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with a high ML score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates malicious intent. The document's structure suggests it's designed to exploit user trust by presenting seemingly legitimate links that ultimately lead to malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ff8e27c87fddd40b9e4d9103d03b5f9/karejudemura.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3596728be---31652022555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/higbj0koidrp6sd3uiih3825b2/relinorogetip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlh.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/37893000686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/28375709825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-plast.ru/foto/files/2490726629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/bifekutitebijepisidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a7361d5d7a---31270089529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marchmont.ru/imgs/file/43061663554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc5a477c51d---97285608425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/niriwedeturaxefiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bee338e60---ruzubagaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/2849501739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gigepinigutusedadolit.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9eede5369---42039929425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/gimedofebajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavibusiness.it/file/soxujowerofekipema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovosluzba-praha.cz/res/file/37488348459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kapomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aec9dfc2e51022441031da817cc1ef1d/15502178367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca743c68e0---poregajolujegojewuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61db766d29---robetegeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e573e9ce5e---66980646036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa32320322c---8512527442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b34f5072916b2e205b02acc5f264129c/poluzibejanojipiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dca57a8b6cd---24589079773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=tintin+books+pdf+in+bengaliPDF 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_off0000c333.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC333 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 39f2700bd025d3dcc9bef31473ff2aeef8d7189acf6cff45f3add158bc0637f2
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBAD 16368 bytes
SHA-256: 39210074693276bb1680bf1c9606dd8f34c0e2edc91f2433b9a5ee5cf2e91a09
font_02_sfnt_off0001058d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1058D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1