Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46a49615f2ca6398…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 06:16:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 004cf73890a2f2efece62dd02f4a032e SHA-1: ad59d8d770cd0776044e2df5353362020e311081 SHA-256: 46a49615f2ca6398371ec57d4a1eb4869d31458a4ea8a2585da7f82471145f97
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristic specifically highlights this behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52cd7ce885eeb40227a6dfd0da3237be/zupidafepuxatu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/gavasokepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bunny888.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78238793687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowitech.vn/upload/files/lijag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa918c7ce1---jewuwogodujuripofunuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/wafebofikogiretebesasapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/debonasuzafijakawatexezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/877639305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/lazipeximag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/67441100911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/vupezaratewabifupebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6b6cef13f---50316407293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08139152f6---75516632801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a4af66e8b---basologevekejituse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skncn.com/u/files/42977923959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c16985ea4953e33f0ddfb87d3a4c78f/kupaxubanumeperalurusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0af9e87b4---vutufupoxududomib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdef43da36e---gakotesalakadafapujosowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/53562969925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/1875582071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c434bf4e2ddfaf52a2e6c23b43219230/42816489814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/maminufizoguruza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/31353275128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74aee915dd3f47753b4ec3de7489974c/deropipadagodezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=watch+the+boys+episode+1+onlinePDF 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_off000113ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C04 10812 bytes
SHA-256: b76d4f977dfdf4f5d5d8498b6b097ba70b5b5f46b27446dbb9304a4894b2328f
font_02_sfnt_off000144c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144C2 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 28f15411c74653e97d8442e4339431b79d335d4ee69c52ece585a1166b9f8695