Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46cc17e14cc37ebf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:53:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f36d2b105c065816f876b067ec530e9b SHA-1: 4ff7b346ba3224f5d1c720dfbc6b7f262a6c61ed SHA-256: 46cc17e14cc37ebf70078720af3249b534106b871945fe7b893a7e3a58f0ff78
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF, as indicated by ClamAV detection and ML classification. It contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://ilksolar.com/Images/Media/files/laligufumesotu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/makimixelejetikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b549b4c953---vojofikojijikoputidanufan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/31070252887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/gimodisopejamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocminhcnc.com/demo_thietbimay_24_7/upload/files/jajesazezepunebuwokuzawud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5752c8fb10---18733630602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monamifrance.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210801_926EF48D0043F31E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/sezotite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/rifawazudebomeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/8273322888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2102294766fb73e2853e6e78dbbaed6a/kuveni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c13adb9a70c---54583931875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobiliareborghi.com/userfiles/files/suwuwimelapugenavipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1e8302e0c---metajogebenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a890bb0b193---juvedimoroxerute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13883959435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728d3875af3---rewexuxodege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bc3079c1a88b52b18782a93356d868f/febifopabafiguluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petukmahaaaraj.com/userfiles/file/binixokinuwadojek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/mumajipowitiluperaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb72195515---wudogexufawoxewilariwogew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/4682848490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/586450e2e8e74c06871cac1020d02411/zijokelomivedajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqua4you.hu/userfiles/file/tudabetemomazijijofiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=calculus+a+complete+course+9th+edition+adams+and+essex+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_off0000ce6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE6C 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 50fafb4c3ef76ac0ca81e728b5e11e6ed461968ec7e0d5cf8edd459173515047
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB31 11284 bytes
SHA-256: 714497edd3700db3b8093fabe74b22bf1679f9e2da2f610a5f0385ae4d78b640
font_02_sfnt_off00011592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11592 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1