Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c46c72b280cd2d86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-05 13:50:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 598342531a99279b06ad977a16b2477b SHA-1: 4f633f0af345c24de0ce5b09434252acb9edc8bf SHA-256: c46c72b280cd2d866f595498c975b3f964ad34827dcc57a7d3a17687b57cb2f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This indicates a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious content, likely through a phishing campaign. The embedded JavaScript further supports malicious intent, potentially for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/tunegege.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799570ea762---46183488282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f36e6bdfef---56718985173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumuvuwemokiwatorafeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/sikewakarozudizejugonizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/78888929993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd8b1417f4---53351332720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/wonaruxefopipufade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/zonojipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37nbv10fkmk2r9fq9e1gc7khv7/6612280038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f2fcde236---788030230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c950869db6d---karixekoriber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609026beee147---74314152883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83e397bfedb6bc01ebd2b7ac924e50f7/lulegulutowamezitopux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/xulivagiwekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a6d39a175---22419518846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdljz.com/userfiles/file/1625331888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campfirewtx.org/userfiles/file/96785474641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/591ecebb90a684954750200d752ed0d9/kijelilolez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jabket6vl36ibfl2jknbpl52d9/zidimiloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4359523bba---tagaxabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenna-ski.pl/userfiles/file/64221607523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/5082442511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=cast+burdens+on+the+lordPDF 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_off0000f27f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A96 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 55c98ce78d984e793e5b4606e632a456e108717ac23d78c6ae21f0da5b042e68
font_02_sfnt_off00012279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12279 17028 bytes
SHA-256: be9518742c70340746673d5582e76b1b90341e23ff4e8d45aef8e76a33146a19