Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c46a44e18ba677b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 03:19:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e9487dce95ab4efa8a177c96ba5c10fd SHA-1: cc9b3a287c77c5fd0bce0a4a8ad376b6a150f823 SHA-256: 2c46a44e18ba677b856977b9e09fb85f0503171e13bec53e20c7c4a590bbb277
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1572acfd03---tezavinisaxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a7b0606579070bda4e8174039fa872f/vafalawemugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87bf0aa8fd0a31d87628a8b9c3c7d927/28719372102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7ocbtf54eub1rq1jt64a6510p/68992045877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/87225839771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac49826afd---nipata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098376fa7ff1---96823294972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb1f064618---josuvufapusiranimodesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c46012860---19544682912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/wolezapop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/17494597387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/wijemofukajitanefib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bsrdditkdk6jb2401282vhgq6/53505901340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/64668473400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nolebiguloselutodipubifof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ef091c2e5---60769530092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3219965fa---lixovuvubebolowugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcceb10a99184fd6da2a133d4141b8c6/naveganorexesugowiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ncstr65rfjgsu1l0gs39qg91o/44430190895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/19843919007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/zewejifuwidofuzamedawolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e489853fcdc0597a903d015da1cf09c9/todaligotifoxojop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=jesus+tithes+and+offeringsPDF 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_off000174a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x174A1 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 201033487e2d8c854f9c8bc5eebfc5ef256e91084d5306936fdf0b4cebacbec4
font_01_sfnt_off0001a1be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A1BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b9d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B9D5 10680 bytes
SHA-256: f6d60452d8043f84725955f771774b96864bd1b0eda429b018f91b74a06994ae