Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e46cba8123530019…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-08-26 12:35:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 47657968ffa7a2352411ae380f22d488 SHA-1: cef230c84f46dff5bee0528a8ee928ae1c855790 SHA-256: e46cba8123530019b3c1002c15360226dd22e7144426143fdb3246721e170af9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links. Many of these links point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or spam campaign. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common vector for malicious activity in PDFs. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=separate+pdf+into+multiple+pages
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/renuvo.pdf
    • https://inwestorfinanse.pl/userfiles/file/nekebejonebivopusavakal.pdf
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785710be940---lajedamesazoso.pdf
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/noduvof.pdf
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/rifaletadalilelexubav.pdf
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/tokebelili.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1adf3035dd---wiwujujisaduwotakufeb.pdf
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/tinufosejudilora.pdf
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a63f644412a84eba4da90a5364dad5bf/48810408339.pdf
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/newudamagox.pdf
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/230115466.pdf
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/64857222843.pdf
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8d7c858e47dfabac1d6fddef6e2b520/turizesegi.pdf
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/tikibakupawoxikus.pdf
    • https://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210826_F8FA02F3F043AA02.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3h2q8ip1vtlb8hsonk9nncjo8s/xibipanuxegusug.pdf
    • https://wronba.pl/uploads/wysiwyg/file/65503326684.pdf
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf4f12a800---vumefufebeze.pdf
    • http://netcentricnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62659344047.pdf
    • http://www.christianhouseshare.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vavunevufajesa.pdf
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607998ff91eb3---gilejolegel.pdf
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/33858195369.pdf
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2dc767cfd2da8a3a700f9a5924a27a7/83794149826.pdf
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mkqtoltkeo43hp7ftecrmtfvj/xojemavijab.pdf
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/92612499185.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfc6.bin
dff0a98111b86bab4f739a2243ab0f3be8706bdd9ca8a48ab15d3a1178b835c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFC6 17108 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ca2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124b9.bin
cd0f6d2bd76655fa120c43076a3163c80a671253f23a0a46b7a671d5bc8050e2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B9 11016 bytes