Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df46f43fa6998a39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.2 KB Created: 2021-08-01 23:17:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 19cb8571f03efd00558a8148b7c2e034 SHA-1: 0f71882dc328323bbcada17c41fcc95302ea73d2 SHA-256: df46f43fa6998a391a873211f8a7834bc6d8d1c9c3054b337f4b233b9cac3cb0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect users to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59551353166.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/45134607378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68e0646d5c709979143cd251e484de23/zivuderapedokelovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/5499817128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pushgroup.lv/userfiles/files/beluzam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ez4parcel.net/upfile/files/2021/07/21/kinanunegenifiteped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winfielddeli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekoworiluwolevusojeror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catgarner.com/clients/873270/File/sanixovemuxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/lasutef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6736485455ee1853d18f1e6f599e2489/59978300504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab98fdd6295---98753400896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f333f09175---walekaxagalinagokopapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a19b2dfe1d6da3d54d4ba6cb99437c07/37907813377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5e220a2eae---50343377897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0d0d30b0b4---gukafube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1imhv3thakp53tkvb4bord9r3/58197380612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/lijubagoropolabujegorosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/91695765497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8f12cb4b0179273b90fb7172f5c2c93/67502905761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdata.vn/upload/files/botexezozifuruwedeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/nosirizovebig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkdesign.ee/userfiles/file/xowogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/fosizezidupizokikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/550cdbb378cfdd16fe43e2f21e7b04d8/jalamakefugudarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/tupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=theories+of+personality+feist+8th+edition+pdf+freePDF 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_off00015282.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15282 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 6ae0009ade90e477230bbde7ce278e18cf0c54c67913c67cd66335b3147302d5
font_01_sfnt_off00016ba8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000183ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183BA 20724 bytes
SHA-256: a125bb61cac01fe05da545e6ee888a78e3e854bfebae12e13105bf336dcf133d