Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46825f8125229370…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:10:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8877e1cb17ce51340b1e601db9a03a0c SHA-1: 07ed3e974ee67a87290d19de2f2a09a9f65b90d7 SHA-256: 46825f8125229370351af993b766fdd8146f63c8a3eda9c7b709f9391d3dd248
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with minimal text and containing numerous external links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs suggest the document is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially compromised websites or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/42144683955.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mintedimages.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweethomedelivery.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/muruxedurizabarubiluwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://excellencetogether.com/img/files/file/26811921618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2468270804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyiat.com/html_upload/file/xedemixodajeliwutabelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/10546944621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4pkaucscnbbj3eui1745ov8v6/78627936063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608049d22a251---purasegivowiwazufonep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b257beb8377---88292688365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teakdeck.pl/files/file/69474894334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a90cef26f32---xifedategux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/jelobufusadivibififiwasuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/javiwelimezitamafolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidsslot.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80959442036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd7913a9e6c---73735036291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608295060da0a---nakiteridaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73c1cc214bec51c09ed1a2f370c8fbd6/pixokifasopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c56ced915cb25dbbabaeeaad9621ebb/41720811306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/sojemasigumomamifeput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminenceconstruction.ca/viking1/uploads/files/tizinepumidunize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/tugonogurulodinefuriker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthanhdat.vn/Images_upload/files/lugowopowaputizubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=drenaje+linfatico+del+cuello+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_off0000b33d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB33D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB54 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 83b31733eb62f8910a490dc3b5e7cbf5ac8578818a71082940b480431121bf3b
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3D5 14404 bytes
SHA-256: 6d5a58a43109834a8ff695555193a0b208b9c5beed5f17d8d9eabb0a45841ea6