Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46cbc926b541dfff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:37:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a4ab8cfc4802e28d95daae5cdac3584e SHA-1: 7f9ed98584f345bf005ab7d5e7d028d196c7b052 SHA-256: 46cbc926b541dfffa1186f62495c3af90f19fb0bbaf6168d0c17fae7366726b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. One heuristic specifically identifies a 'PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage'. Additionally, an embedded JavaScript stream was detected, suggesting potential for malicious scripting. The combination of these factors indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=arnold+ehret+mucusless+diet+healing+system+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021090614232073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giayviettri.com/img-ftec/files/nedegapakuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88485545729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://27derajat.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/giwepebepiteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/topulejolevufito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrampetraipavlavosstanovlenie.ru/content/images/user/file/65383543092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etepi.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefasikuvobusobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/majofela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resttour.com/images/userfiles/files/pipiwividosezuxesabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://space-edge.com/upload/files/rafaxidavowas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honeycontacts.com/uploades/userfiles/file/84867329879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specializzati.tecnaevolution.it/dataload/ckupload/xowelikagajajovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73830094832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floresdeserrezuela.com/aym_image/files/lurajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/35649771894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gu-bo.cn/uploads/files/putizomapabekeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kes.org/upload/editor/files/bizaxefewinane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134fdb4dd77d---24246150126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3t-t.com/User_File/UpFile/file/20210901105017_NTI1ODAwMDMwNzg=.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e78221e26b---23053197747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/584a9abf140d3cb730df8750bddcee91/92069430735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gurolmumcu.com/userfiles/file/52331045678.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_off0000c105.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC105 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d91c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD91C 11260 bytes
SHA-256: f0d79c600c8b33c7d39888c7dd8e289cb662c4f19e8eda3b6b7a9c52296a89a9
font_02_sfnt_off0000f322.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF322 17080 bytes
SHA-256: 9dba07df10ba005e2943ff2f9dc5f8aed9871daf59e16363d7490f3144756f42