Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b46e788abab7c6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:55:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 44fb4b830ae331ec0b22d22b467f9547 SHA-1: 37515c9ff6b2268573042d9e0ca995f6cf6f4209 SHA-256: 8b46e788abab7c6cadf9d873917086f690de6c8009e9120ea10b68b22e711e6c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a secondary malicious file. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest an attempt to deliver malware via a deceptive download lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5c81e3075---29272019339.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874cc09dde7---xibuvuzasesaloderazefavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607018d949d3b---49549175542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d993fb60bc1b8c3fd737bd21c2042b2f/xafopifodalagogomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alcera.ca/userfiles/file/51501084893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8462a52e9a---dudomewalasezivozafin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gekon.net/userfiles/file/muporejukidolofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6c98cb3dfd5c7b9cff5d42822862cbe/nudinenazurijoxeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c87e63ccc8fc455a3892670a623d9c13/64912725467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e921bd4b61---rokabizobagudolejonuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7143a3f6cb---baxenafufuderuzuvikudof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/kewozuburikopuwixitirunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3ff622d74d91380c48de25d9d33ea6e/rokefupemadajanotek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runwellconsulting.com/file/file/porewimalenot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073acea5b982---perivirari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a4f6793716286567fbc58b0afcaeefc/99010315792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shortguycentral.com/ck_uploads/files/tojukasanelurovefili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/relubeluwodavulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/digutuvosozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/muwisimewonagefibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/93740686755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/pekatobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/48761864801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linpus.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/gebevekidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=jntuh+3-1+r16+syllabus+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_off0000dbd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E8 18024 bytes
SHA-256: 439df54e6ca7f3bde0e7588e64d8aeaefa4c9ba8580286515566fd9654f0400b
font_02_sfnt_off000122bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122BD 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 9002cd38dac5331c473be4c01163732b241b60b31cd653ca6d391441691f5d98