Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b46233dc6e28a03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:06:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 307cc7a960938cba9e01acba361bac75 SHA-1: 4896b0c91da48044bd3d43fe2db0deeb8daa410b SHA-256: 2b46233dc6e28a03a4cb480ce2f9095492ca96cf302bf1dd047ea73b896a7327
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, detecting it as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as a lure to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, potentially involving JavaScript execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29258f3baf5d4f20c350704949066d73/98063101655.pdf
    • https://cmsschoolkg.org/userfiles/file/zoxadopipunorokudotix.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53913d6773---vekoge.pdf
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac78b54ddc8---wiwufugu.pdf
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/92413895417.pdf
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blej1p734j8oc2b32rnaa0rbua/gapizibulewabikijiteni.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cp3gtjekh63ctmk689e0okblt6/pedigukoperuvorivirowuv.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2188d5817---noseki.pdf
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084d393553a5b024e418eb906a3b83cc/matotafas.pdf
    • https://lidiyageorgieva.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/susodofuduvisused.pdf
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a76aee8b40a---37308382191.pdf
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/bunilip.pdf
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86d7a17735f53f304a39338f8f6d1e8a/mufetaxojazofexej.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609262a28e9c1---lejirozapipoxuxogivexefet.pdf
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents//files/kupapux.pdf
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/862ab1b72a4856de73a69fe0c1ee357e/25243179518.pdf
    • http://onlinemidias.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vitivoboganawinorikak.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c9bd32d13---51822174708.pdf
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimirufodim.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084073c634a2---49600359515.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97d2592a938a4e7f4f5ad103ae9edd65/1225255648.pdf
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/faxixi.pdf
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46qie899eerb82ko7tu7irjin2/75357152126.pdf
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c1b4b6566---73195478718.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+slime+with+only+one+ingredient
    • 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_off0000ec66.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC66 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001047d.bin
b2457db8658a4496b7b4564713270027f2e5de4bd89dd0fca593ffeb205a6b88
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1047D 10976 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011d95.bin
b226a7dc985d3a14124de8c1edfb989d727da194a06c33e402f50e7217b925f4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D95 17296 bytes