Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46782b1b6cd91ed5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-22 13:31:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1b2cd9ab092c99091096c1720459568c SHA-1: 8280291a47cd7534f6f48d9c266b3ca4b4dc44e5 SHA-256: 46782b1b6cd91ed5ebc100a926a30a700ec26a74f63a43c6932f0dbdd8c8d4e5
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. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs, such as http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613777f718ccd---pugumusalaluba.pdf, are likely part of an SEO poisoning campaign to distribute malware or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://senseoftourism.dk/userfiles/file/51062138140.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/dofinibesomarereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jensbrode.de/files/file/rufivemagenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viceda.com/userfiles/file/17665356784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/4162208888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df26ed4922---dubazisititeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friulanamarmi.it/images/file/fokomozoxover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/46457037175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all4pets.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finaxawatabigelikelini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9e0abb84f---57902221089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensiblemachines.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/62011975891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutuvododuwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insureavisitor.com/userfiles/file/9720501230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613777f718ccd---pugumusalaluba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluestandard.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piruwobixuveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/tomilumifagililinagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budka39.ru/files/54571955302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914183123171397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba85fb5863---senogesubowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/zojosijamidekiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hermosabeachbungalows.com/userfiles/files/85690258657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xegumafiwopekix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kigk6ghtl87gpvlae7tu18tdc4/vimozutukedogufakajaref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyandwowbook.com/upload/file/50125165955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/nisofirerikewufimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=alien+blackout+free+download+androidPDF 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_off0000d0e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0E6 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 8fe72eb39e996b8f281bcde3e506075304e77b053dc82b245af7a1f6e15cc59a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000101b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B7 18064 bytes
SHA-256: fe6f08195e8a32f64c43e10f14ca8e264bf4475d9d20546a0a5f70c962b9f232