Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46aef2b3dc5df893…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:17:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c35e59fedecec89f5b472f07aeadeb89 SHA-1: 7cbe67c41cd3f698a1350e61500bc698f8a9b359 SHA-256: 46aef2b3dc5df893837ffc80bec3cf7e42b5d1a80febf8864f88e519bbf60bfe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of numerous URLs, including one with a 'how to install obb file' query, suggests a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+instal+obb+file
    • https://atlas-consulting.ro/fckeditor/fisiere/file/40133716979.pdf
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/jozinagosurutawezebeku.pdf
    • http://fishngrill.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/65574775273.pdf
    • http://galaxyjewel.cn/uploadfile/files/jogekaloreliralox.pdf
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17208911193.pdf
    • http://hoteldanang.vn/uploads/images/files/lapebifude.pdf
    • http://thenext.pk/userfiles/files/pozipunetunopivem.pdf
    • http://jwconsult2005.com/file_media/file_image/file/7112464003.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d668077d3---navex.pdf
    • http://fthyhs.com/resource/docContentImg/file/2021-09-12/d855014d8f0dc35154f0be4b100408bf.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b98b9ff8d---98496513490.pdf
    • https://galaxytraining.examinationonline.com/files/zilosuvenofokopodirerejof.pdf
    • https://chingchia.com/uploads/files/202109150843395621.pdf
    • http://rulife.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizanoxezus.pdf
    • http://gainliving.com/upload/editor/file/megijitabokebalob.pdf
    • http://webspace.mysdam.net/images/newsletter/files/37170740913.pdf
    • http://ip-malkov.ru/uploads/files/fozumitekiwogebelesosibab.pdf
    • http://nuklearmedizin-amro.de/userfiles/file/76271331823.pdf
    • http://packagingandfoodmachinary.com/userfiles/file/zeraxorufefunixude.pdf
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/nomuvelutasawozuvune.pdf
    • http://noithatmfc.com/media/ftp/file/42800932482.pdf
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/71587311266.pdf
    • http://phucuongplus.com/upload/files/54424292872.pdf
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jabubelanup.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d639.bin
30c48079002ca4e46ebeaee40c6d9cbc09895f83989de1717280981c1590d93e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD639 10324 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000edb0.bin
56ef360dfa84bd8b7155e4fa73e69474ac50a39a6cbb493b70cb4dc6c7c68350
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB0 19300 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001205d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205D 16792 bytes