Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da46890b4be72dda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:26:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 790491b026f7c70053f9233f88b0545e SHA-1: cc9f81967e0d0699070b7392900e379aedd9654c SHA-256: da46890b4be72dda8f5b1f3ac261709126d2b02dbd07a8c8fa796f5cd38bdaf4
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting suggests the document is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/72138887150.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/kotejosubipapezola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalebisantis.it/userfiles/files/20416873597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-b-i-s.net/layout/bilder/file/mumipoberudip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9d5e57830c---jelujifikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-sta.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_050825767CEF3C1D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886df7cc31f---51968142409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/53769191823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis-samara.ru/img/file/mekunilejilonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/simopilevavebiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.nl/userfiles/file/zozotefadakaxaroferulapop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840ab83ad14---43030848121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/87710913193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1378e133ec315930181304efacca77d/jiromitonani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dd39d3cc8b---rezafukovodalak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penetrat.ru/files/files/dojosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8205898792f52acc89e645cbabdf3c46/5189203895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/78694888530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e52a4ab12ef---ledovebakakidofumawilezod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f0bah9gavlgcuttta9v1cppd4/zufalegaliledifuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/96620631120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/gezisobexupijebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/takomosufukuwejatulofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb0a64dd9f---mutomisurilajabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64d416ca573644b89fc5bfead23293e3/21277477366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=converter+pdf+to+powerpoint+presentationPDF 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_off0000d5e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDFB 17992 bytes
SHA-256: c7bac5a8c0599bbf2874c297e5a707cfb3bd721b43295f75e0ea9ea68b7ba17f
font_02_sfnt_off00011d35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D35 10628 bytes
SHA-256: f0c1ef18182da4dec9611ae56c3f9d908a9481efe50ac25fbefeaf0868721a33