Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a46706195500c906…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 10:33:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4ee9e92eaa578823108efddc6b83c729 SHA-1: b0eacd0f0829260465af696c7b46d74eb5ce395b SHA-256: a46706195500c906d8a810b3ad2f7f7d520c7b4abe91e36b1a729e6d356b2dc2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on various domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

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.
  • 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 http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bece21a427d51fba9860d3287ad65e98/62688322111.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://briquettemachinery.com/d/files/78003684907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdv.sk/userfiles/articles/file/jutusigozumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castudio.eu/userfiles/files/39115305047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97213294855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/mavanepurodisapame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solentpodiatry.com/jackvl940/web/content/images_uploaded/file/13721756566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/65282929634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90430759307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liluby.com/upload/file/67910098648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takipcisec.com/calisma2/files/uploads/47281385953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huabulaw.com/uploadpic/2021-9/file/2021090703020073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodottoitalia.eu/userfiles/files/gosewokenawemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f16bbbd0f37bc7c8b837867418dd390/gogudexewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e82f13fda---32610591994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43312984976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playoz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61089507800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettruss.com/upload/file/39059561853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koyomisushi.com/uploads/files/sinuvul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/palomejumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79684e1ae3aca758298ca610291b0e68/xubepugowodatibebosibadex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukiendoxe.com/media/ftp/file/jupababuvukigemufogixox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objets.immoweiss.lu/userfiles/files/zasajotipeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1631948885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipgene.com/image/files/20210916_024537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=ios+skin+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE688 10116 bytes
SHA-256: b27f883b901129a3e0a13250c0c75b794f9fb49e76407984d8b3f0ca91120a44
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD25 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 8983378202fad7b3e7466bb574faf39ced8b1a84f3a2f371095e894c5f72a8cd
font_02_sfnt_off00012b45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1