Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b46f557b5fc46675…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 16:11:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0d852b6833973578e6e62547ffa738ad SHA-1: 6db5c6804c2995cb0fb5d118081019e91c763d64 SHA-256: b46f557b5fc46675357eba9b7e70da770a91174c2de684d4a26a5a5d1ef10530
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 sites 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 malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reactions+and+stoichiometry PDF link annotation
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a0703082a08c65b4f67d9ccd16c4f5/tobuzeleto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/todununisegetugeviziduru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cggusfrn7nmihf1np9h5k1fvi/89888954278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacnsuaa.com/clients/4/49/49ab1acc6c62b5a39110d621a19f71c0/File/pefusirepol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/jurusopaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/60210200761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/20101017629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visusmarble.com/images_upload/files/45431343175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbaa7b20a47---mepivizetelumuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/32864852805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/35864979876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/91048304432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cd3f13599---gikotixanujegatodiguxifad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f602c4352af7d904e7da9712a7db62df/datofadidagisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/nozebusuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acaad73b3de---puvixubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606edc416c89b---kujojowuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8fa47cbf06---75068683523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982ec52fa24---93021807694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f99215512907cb8a34622c50ce965b1/5615962117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oglethorpeclub.org/~oglethor/UserFiles/file/54048184957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b99d216182965e42558781abf7504fb5/80941313007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb1b015b4c---64231310666.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010c64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C64 17480 bytes
SHA-256: 58f99c683d05c690d953104743e83495d78814c2ffc43b85a300777a131a9cee
font_01_sfnt_off00013a65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001527c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1527C 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 73d6cf21265d52e5bd6a62e944ffc54dc101def7116f9264ef24075f795b3637