Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8eb46f2290e18fe1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-31 15:26:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: cbebbb20f184cba4a449575e6437a47c SHA-1: 3d4201a94da326e3cfd53b1cc82c16a94dc54893 SHA-256: 8eb46f2290e18fe18e27d61df5b4cdfae8bbc118f0be06621888627cf6d5df54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=write+the+biological+functions+of+nucleic+acids+class+12 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef27e8d174---gebisusuzekoxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mis.nrru.ac.th/gradjournal/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudedafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d364b6cea---63395646882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup2.com/contents//files/69162794748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/78620742353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a7c536b24---53632780014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ooobelkom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41283894226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/71820727915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/zetimusomere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a37b2a5cafef795ba91887972614c8cf/limuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k76ktbsdb46f56r7j34kaumggu/49538448643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/943a519b67e54688bcb9a355ee0acf72/xupefusituwuriretevelafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalnetworks.de/www.galabau-poscher.de/main/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46756467927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/31899502578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607455515c25a---sutogowaselulilosupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c71be6631f9---pusedup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a94ntds5fa6kkh6tltvv9d7le1/jozoxakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/jobujupakozupajudopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/18060293796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lso-msm.fr/userfiles/file/2503904051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/30857284796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hansenlight.com/UploadFile/files/jafepawuroxefavomex.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_off0000f533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF533 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D4A 11160 bytes
SHA-256: b17feba555cf133d35d4f1c85fa70a79dec083d7310607c5f8fb15d272e032c4
font_02_sfnt_off00012734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12734 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 3e8ac24d788fcc85d57babad5d49025d6d2d4504094be49054113fed3cfd8745