Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a46ae7fb7a67814b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:38:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7b19abc4c66fe97119bda8b0e514a4b0 SHA-1: 43baf8ecd90973d4aad28fea03eebe235da5db2f SHA-256: a46ae7fb7a67814b8ec785949aa4db0f1841dd8379229e1d36116281c5124e87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to act as a link farm, potentially leading users to phishing sites or further malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf8cd511a9f---10654884341.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d747b8522adbc5bd39dea662cddd53/53693293822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b48cada895---29046773313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/fifikopatopaxaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/74294732707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/puxutexozigesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05bc559f92---ledafifoguloviwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305d6838b7d---16017810124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/kofiromokinegulalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847be17dce0---79315931213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okj3pb13jit23v3b5chi0gn2hi/gidewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventpro-kontraktorpameran.com/uploaded/files/fenixogunesuxibabulubela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogcdc.org/uploads/ck_upload/files/46512743838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612435b4df070---80455709006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioindelicato.com/userfiles/files/20814167699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusaxexipujef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608662ff8effd---pelabeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c58486654---bameratepowoluwosobulodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9jbtl9l169slf93dsel7p010o/36809191556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a995d5bf08b---popebozubonebidokigow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/72518739384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=meconium+aspiration+syndrome+pdf+2017PDF 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_off0000d810.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD810 17044 bytes
SHA-256: 4a21c6f8c6a3a8a1feeefa41e3895e594ae8f1991a7e2cdb925497915ea5d08f
font_01_sfnt_off0001044a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1044A 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 1894bdf86cc73f8785774d058ce5b596abc5371d52589f5943e385b212c350e7
font_02_sfnt_off00011ef9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1