Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 846ac91f08286f59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 06:13:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c8f361435a011cd4427fdeadd6f88e5b SHA-1: 7e44bc95f2fe0748e60d7dcc74853d0cfa613464 SHA-256: 846ac91f08286f5916a99f74faa99d7ef2520442c7bd1ec0915b1d129e4e6446
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests potential for further malicious actions. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985d5abb224---33700194740.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/josupuliwalisajoxirewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/fidelesef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610da57733fcd---3437666247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/22336033125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16078d17cf3fa4---70401927640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72c8065a232b53b26a2761981ce59da4/57454029725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c512f3b4d89743e7994da352aa5407f1/89541231915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prvugkh.ru/uploads/files/zokegaromileninewogepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baglab.pl/galeria/file/lupufebuxogif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/31430043752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogallerani.it/userfiles/files/2576130724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210801_CE6B95312407100E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayzerfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/08/08e2d5bcffca37c2e1a82d364f4296c6/File/movijekesakekavotufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f50179c0708---46993190573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/44776415197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acdd2855646f47aebf666fb851cfb8b4/vemuduziwegujupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/27785012402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kct566esne1en8d20iagi0013/jeferug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/27587056376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/470b8e1f679d5b465c125c51d0285459/pamize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjg6tvo40kpe6nhq7if6n1ftqv/69656600868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/buwivosadagofunefop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+summon+herobrine+with+command+blockPDF 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_off0000fa4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA4E 17872 bytes
SHA-256: e91b752b9cb208dd8dab58a7e2c91ee313ad52167ac2c9de7def516aaab0c349
font_01_sfnt_off000129b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129B3 11044 bytes
SHA-256: b3c71d2ed75eaa7fd7831d946abcc3c0b4ec33cef0c06056e5ea29f946d78276
font_02_sfnt_off00014337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14337 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1