Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 796ee46cca85cd97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:54:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4b9185bb96d17c75572a8b4cae7e12e0 SHA-1: 0c931a3d7efecce791f1bfabc5083c0e0fedbc01 SHA-256: 796ee46cca85cd9776bba8bb19ff4707c94fa21cdf665f180675abdeeb35d128
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or redirection to malicious content. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to funnel users to external, potentially harmful sites.

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://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609143b73eb32---8923893678.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bridgestone-ice-cruiser-7000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rubidudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d4244f9bceb49c16b675936aab29a66/19902830706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b740e1002---dotixugaxawuzodupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa401f78c9c---bowokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613211a68c91f---zejapugupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963fb9814b6---50622176672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/wemeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mlt4v1isfqv54us8hsjr0plqhr/padotokegebixufutode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmjwarrickhudsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/9b/9be434dcd9982d5451de1b36a82eb828/File/38655255027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a35919da5f---kegoxajorodulosakixos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1ascqpshaia001kg10pfaq08i/zisenolivosawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79482149163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43114524500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116b7e9c0cdf---xalidafajola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/91153651079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inoxquochoang.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/68642289830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxogokuzivokibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/ketekowineladakoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc4ec6e341---wuwabatukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3238bb7cd---xaxopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95834710151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/34774147950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607045a9cf5c4---78632497913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kao4jet00oqbi67pkpa4b7nv0v/xuzasojaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=sculthorpe+kakadu+score+pdfPDF 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_off0000d1b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1B1 10788 bytes
SHA-256: f0f5be8e61217ac9dca7be675fb88921a82816217c793622fd1312c2ddd52e5f
font_01_sfnt_off0000eab6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB6 16928 bytes
SHA-256: 6a0f875ccfe120c03f2fc18361b41f9ad3b0f5700ab7b2eb754fcb741c3e077a
font_02_sfnt_off00011656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11656 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1