Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a46f904cd72e70a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:22:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8a44968c4d3f58f20ccbc81c4b9ce571 SHA-1: 991286cb94451805e8a71e7edeff0a5fc21eb233 SHA-256: a46f904cd72e70a09f54e5f18415a72e7c821d8ebf1b7eed948d8b4a25efea29
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploits PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://a-pluset.com/userfiles/23061223999.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://weddingdiy.cc/uploadfiles/files/20210603_104628_8776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/jujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/lagoxunugoxiwiluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/85367722134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mpop9l31cnf20lfl59l95utha/46909297697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mc6akkhl17q02s1uju61rj1ib8/taxagupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93b85a11dab535d18cf172648e2a8e9f/15312355805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/bebaxipadagopux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bacninhonline.com/webroot/img/files/fiwexud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/34213479506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c5be32a0a19449e117f54891a97b5e4/29337100415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friulanapanini.com/images/file/werifavilixudedajaparob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/ruremarime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/paput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/373ec2da113dd73299a93347be0ca97e/lamowakavojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf98265189---33773902411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/4426874421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/rixamajumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champagne-marc-chauvet.com/images/files/lugelud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/60137477123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congnghieptauthuyvietnam.vn/upload/files/xanitokolapuwofetokawaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/19621592858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0e2c662ef5---numabefanoromunejivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=balancing+chemical+equation+questions+pdfPDF 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_off0000d250.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD250 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 56470c4fd9b1d8e977a41f382a4a287108c41577f5cbe9f5019eb4ecf310822c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC0F 17580 bytes
SHA-256: f17ba60436854bf32a78890242a5571b43ac7e708bf21d1ee981610af6b50210
font_02_sfnt_off00011968.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11968 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1