Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2046ded5efc7da1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 14:51:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6e0dd9ce44b424a32a75aae1e17dd5a3 SHA-1: d14a9265f3e3b128446c195d37913b8175d2bae7 SHA-256: 2046ded5efc7da1fc2236f3e3a26078f10b8f3d38443379d6bb4618f18e5ea50
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Numerous heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised or disposable domains. The embedded URLs and the document's structure suggest an attempt to trick users into visiting malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://dampinggame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/21564586095.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mediawerf.nl/bundles/store24backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lakona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135db7d8e620---2190164493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/50373478924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210907095005_03pmff.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/tatimafaripe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8330950a8165954858799eaab0690ec4/jibezamerusodosivalobavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/daxijazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theseadiaries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuwosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/68318838139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/favafufever.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sure2trips.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/mugefevemerobogevanukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents/files/43943342258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solo-reisen.com/media/images/file/94714308769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/70421170079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megashina24.ru/files/files/33984879544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://illinoisfiscalpolicycouncil.org/app/webroot/userfiles/file/17616820926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bydnjl.com/userfiles/files/dagixed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutstudio.it/userfiles/file/44459914535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e46f987c7---1496624055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bippex.com/filespath/files/20210908112202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/fibaniluguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdn.eagle.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/kowumadefageriwevaweturi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podarox.ru/public/files/sewitadazonuzikim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/barit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/lizutegudowuleke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://predit.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusixolog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=campylobacter+jejuni+guillain+barre+pdfPDF 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_off0000cd26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD26 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 9ab4e4f788a233f38eb86eda2ea0c19124cdf4383b3dfd05df9874c0ac493bd1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e73f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE73F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF51 18076 bytes
SHA-256: 222d556c6771bf5eae4eb9ef81bf0db506e1a0061ce19b81f8b4402e724e0d05