Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46a2f351f05deef8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 06:37:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 88b60e1ed4d6064a7ff966180be27d16 SHA-1: e761e12cce7f3af771aee64aa7fabf5aac987fa6 SHA-256: 46a2f351f05deef816ffc46a65346dcb3f3ea33afd8ee5a7fe73fa397977dad0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The PDF structure and numerous links suggest it functions as a link farm to lure victims to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+know+it+all PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d4fb00662---xavarudaxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b984f5df0272e42756e0aa076af0578f/wevowoditamunelotisorabut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/bakitidaxipuvetepuxakovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/5750195249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/dopusewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ava7lrch8vc2uglejo38o2bg51/nanugokelekel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronocertif.com/userfiles/file/44971559025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/78062157724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3caeadbcca87f682ac3bf32e082a5c30/7550257582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/pewesafupajubimaleresusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7l3u2dkbbteolt98g1s8mr3mr9/12543837001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8806ad7577---nederukojunutoral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f9d89df57---karepozufoburoretufabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078818c9a3ee---soxekux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49df4c1db022af873e3e80da4201a230/lotezelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmw-zona.ru/uploads/file/sixagogigonitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6d6c532b2---wazurawojiselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/44731151799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d3db0c978662c1a4a6c829553c4045f/jirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95d262df71---45607412745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160977239b3a9d---83236469562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9033f88e7d5094a0e0cfa7d3d1d4f79d/jizeparolakaxupitimuxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609467de458b1---90343316961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4483bd643111066ae841f8d7567e3e4b/mapivarugigazerulopito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840cb15efe8---85677553151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolorenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/tunemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c774.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC774 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 0e23ae59a0f858031ff10c2b81377d28eea73969b70e9ce55118512ad593bd25
font_01_sfnt_off0000df20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF20 16580 bytes
SHA-256: 556dc1fa5a4fab399a23da6a197584d5c7a3794c3888e29c45de2c58649214ff
font_02_sfnt_off00010a3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1