Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b46d08c0eb0b63d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-26 10:45:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3f21ad9d5eae0592a7f4ca5a00469052 SHA-1: d36c453d7e796ccdf9e4ed901b47ca02cf2e718a SHA-256: 1b46d08c0eb0b63dce3002fd4764d9275775815fe623d5b79da1b9cfa4e08847
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tangible+assets+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/72282727332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55c560ddec39660ca73c213a6c6a760a/40967826793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclameindex.nl/images/uploads/91382919690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27f59b0c145d3f8766ff5946cef29364/sabosufopuzerebiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/do8pd6k69p3cflnsu7sq070sk1/2005990077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taskentcompany.com/userfiles/file/77364582198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85sn31v0e33bkv0nbf9ak6m80i/73235864061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607d65e4ca924---zorunesizozuwodamidomuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jq7b2fkrghqmjusc9071insrl/52983835183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b68ada7a634---jogimuvevagoxogikubeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/66393770424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.eu/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///geninaxigaredinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cb1fe0b0898768d756a8d500b22001c/jamumaneditemowuxusewero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c8cc29ffe6681b9378d431326ba62f1/rirepolufovabunirida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/winofaforus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc1ad890b30---moluxukozomovupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c579e6cf9---lerowakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/minepimeneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/tozalipirudax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shrlie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-12/20210812005007780764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trineckevzdelavani.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baposujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796c2ba940a---79419131395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777692b027d---kurokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez1.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86893408030.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_off0000f449.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF449 10332 bytes
SHA-256: 34c55c25c1772b7b13a45fda6d31066e5f882f80b094fb00fdded34f61c6dbb5
font_01_sfnt_off00010b9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9A 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 269e4ef7d9a19d154d0cffc602e2a761ff19ab30080f85f3e3babe1d14851b89
font_02_sfnt_off000137f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1