Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46cd36cee18aeb41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-08-12 06:03:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: bd8ccad0ccc70ca15f158940eafe3424 SHA-1: 8d709bd33b641124c8e1b40c96ad610a522f9188 SHA-256: 46cd36cee18aeb4159256246273a0c30ba5633eb757c22f3a3c2f992d52f28fc
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=802.11+ac+wlan+adapter+driver+download PDF link annotation
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8875b99eae46231dd75d98ef36574ece/5918838490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/suzositudodogavibujalarif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/84740440672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/gejobitidobomiwudifokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa20e9aca54---pifukokawaxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dejavuruse.com/userfiles/file/3899643284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/95732187431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/file/89261978718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taitung-house.com/CKEdit/upload/files/13789374610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washchienluoc.com/upload/file/32958312238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/zisodivido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbmhavacilik.com/userfiles/file/pixuwolewowiwumatare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcbcharpentebois.com/ressource/site-image/files/35946713911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ae3ae9f8c---debakexevikuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610eba635a2ed---dekuges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/92462589854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplesmodelinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giwuwamimamolorizebazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zajazd-broadway.pl/galeria/file/78593778563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/waporok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellerisland.com/files/xoxinobawawinularofivipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/5840582953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bb52a1ef2---beledavobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870168a1da6---jomogotifinexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9368dca21d0d266eea5839a14feb24da/nexanobamipa.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_off00010369.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10369 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B7B 21772 bytes
SHA-256: ceafee07c7ff1d3abcbce5d02f85ea166e1c9ebd14eeca5fc5551d3e6b299153
font_02_sfnt_off0001538d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1538D 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 0fb61d2bc3e224bdfd0b2c7ba20cf78ffe07f780dc12e7a143a02f28c01bd603