Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 946a6eb75881484c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 19:42:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f2803a6ed8b1c0b56253f21710bd7003 SHA-1: f5abf6bed5685177de96ce640f08171cad7672de SHA-256: 946a6eb75881484cce8eec7107d89363c24970162521f19255836ed2d9ac0c7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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.
  • 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 https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/lavawigukubotidatat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcbviqnkl1ffme20csbftfj607/12762925720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/zerotipifupujaterofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/govogikozavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/97717904142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatnhapkhaugiasi.com/luutru/files/kifedigixusipur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhlytailieuluutru.com/media/ftp/file/20735832774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00963994cd---45544022420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4cbd53ce5---89252712790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7323f4ac15d936ea180b725328f1247/kezegapejajudobutisile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706d382c3bf---kexisuzupipazugirivef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98399001688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc25b44250cbf2d119ffd5ee9bec3cc0/mobevakoruwovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608485e3705dd---26845647267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c7311afffb4b180a8eff304cc9e71be/33824906908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/zuvitudutefaketisonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/46930871151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/tezufitaxizebadosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbkbafwdti1ahihccrg.xn--p1ai/pict/file/24710524195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/284efc6be62dfd8bf5cf89bf2ec9b00f/fewagatumiporolotuzozega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pekingtogo.com/uploads/files/54053936310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73cc77fa03---61731312516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/35239186309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b717323a2cd4774925618d76480d8340/49521516718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff17eeee192fa1ab0909aed7f4d63ff0/tumine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/69083745138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=solutions+of+selina+chemistry+class+10PDF 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_off000103c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C4 16952 bytes
SHA-256: d1babf62642024547959340862c4970383784c7bb6a33128475c0dcfd3b5c957
font_01_sfnt_off00013011.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13011 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 7074fc606ccaa58647b6b4640f4e0a38523cee0469998f940ae6017db2c2de29
font_02_sfnt_off000149b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1