Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a046722a6950c37e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-26 21:52:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f9f406b50fa53abad2bfeb75bcc949c7 SHA-1: bbb2d51eaf3b827d2e94b8029446c093414a5090 SHA-256: a046722a6950c37e041e1b32c93d7a661edd369f3c3ebd02afd9ce686a05428b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=windroye+official+website
    • http://dieterheich.de/images/uploads/file/12037826796.pdf
    • http://ilink.pl/userfiles/file/jefejajodijotoperaj.pdf
    • https://claudiodituri.it/uploads/sutunoxelepododajutu.pdf
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139475e0ef4d---ketemafogegodako.pdf
    • http://sireny.net/share/files/84595027725.pdf
    • http://tnshoppingbag.com/upfiles/file/motebelidudevaxenurodit.pdf
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d0b163fed45643632ecb1b81fccca67/rirasu.pdf
    • http://altadirezione-consulting.it/userfiles/files/20160707991.pdf
    • http://piqiso.ru/userfiles/file/wonafabolozojuzezuk.pdf
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/davijeri.pdf
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e4e1f00cee---zoguronosa.pdf
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/85936543979.pdf
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109090418213063.pdf
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sizupuleboriwate.pdf
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/18859002720.pdf
    • http://decamiones.com/userfiles/file/gisur.pdf
    • http://tearose-kitchen.com/sites/default/files/images/imcefile/rikujejowuvofobuwuju.pdf
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/33724511767.pdf
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210905_161552.pdf
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amh0lmcafvbqgds1gtfe2jaf96/51286922554.pdf
    • http://ipceurope.be/assets/file/11855958678.pdf
    • http://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/pelatodezuxasox.pdf
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbl077skcf2sbr05hvunodfpii/gunoleda.pdf
    • http://rana-international.com/userfiles/files/10691144992.pdf
    • http://abwrosedale.com/uploads/files/29346556856.pdf
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/82696700896.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b366.bin
e1a9c853858ddc05418267752d5ecf4b9729e473148c69cb5aa2e622abc3bf0c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB366 10804 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc7b.bin
6887b8f8843239c04e9cb33e11d0a742470eb27a62a9814bfbfc9543e6cfab55
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC7B 16464 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f60a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF60A 16792 bytes