Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a46efeaff1bdeb74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 05:46:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4a40b8b52f494e2ae0101fd40a69befd SHA-1: 37165124b99e970dc6a23b64c831e561acdf6c3b SHA-256: a46efeaff1bdeb740a530e9bc542480fd017974f893d6196c357d99ac1438639
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites 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 distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9877

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=amazing+crime+strange+stickman+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://rebeccafantarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/96804737353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swotaweb.com/img/upload/file/8223796164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitperu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kovomanafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/ruzifuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handgun.ee/media/file/9709594638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf1eb85d08---mudakisilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamcatcherltd.com/userfiles/file/3927753811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/67903178610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traktorpulling.de/ablage/userfiles/files/23795067973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersonassoc.com/emailimages/file/xideleduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/lifelepol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://combatkuntao.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25134551083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/23175184449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66407536106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30a5fecaefa1ceb03e861c8e507fedea/foxisudelupugurox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a922f41788---pipunutofanixil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbef0aba99e438506ee4d7b10af6f453/46474095743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a8331d5453---65152614296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kattliv.com/kattliv/admin/userfiles/file/40785048487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/1955865792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kejarugin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt-totaalafbouw.nl/userfiles/file/bibimitotajugawimagimaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb44bbaac4edff25694478393effc92f/jumakolomugesif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/busatinivopojim.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5A8 16280 bytes
SHA-256: 6c2373af9f418d6bf213df99f682b881f883cc510106bad74565fdf518858d7f
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E8 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 61021271a93732b7e2627dbc73d276e74edad365766d98cd4fd5f1888b0b1086
font_03_sfnt_off0000fd21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD21 1936 bytes
SHA-256: 581ee6410b39f3fc3c0b7eee44a1f688a16d32601ddb4ff915e7da4a385d4a1a
font_04_sfnt_off00010615.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10615 20796 bytes
SHA-256: 5c728263bc0ad4daddd06c31fa3acceb7f7b14bc206066dfca53068d273fd819