Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46cd59062f71939f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:02:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: af618e73795362015ba44c0c82d4ee18 SHA-1: 5bf0d640fff231f91b42b2d4c4e7791952745011 SHA-256: 46cd59062f71939fcae63ba3b81fcb34c1b3a249927bee3e7620e64ab13dc815
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host and distribute malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://ebus.cn/up_file/file/bulezazidi.pdf
    • https://thehouseproduction.net/file/65977832680.pdf
    • http://joyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muguzegilededulu.pdf
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/nubixigevedebulekilore.pdf
    • http://youngdongtec.com/userfiles/file/lusopur.pdf
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/72051514673.pdf
    • http://dellalontra.it/userfiles/files/semolalix.pdf
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d09dd398f---xubilolezababudivipavavez.pdf
    • https://ermolino.mebel18.com/uploads/files/wafepowejefup.pdf
    • https://satellietgroep.nl/userfiles/files/5337787336.pdf
    • http://nagymester.com/userfiles/file/33398074005.pdf
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/8941892816.pdf
    • https://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/99361006626.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f94f7eeec5---40620717779.pdf
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/timuruwezomepufubogow.pdf
    • https://mylin.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuxilufinin.pdf
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/nepesaguxatedalufanu.pdf
    • https://myagenda.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/kivebamak.pdf
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f92fbce68---39603784144.pdf
    • http://dongphat.net/upload/files/tebojusunikozepemew.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bdf9083571---vuwakotebubuxoraworirolis.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=him+climb+racing+2
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/sapesewedigufevemuvexovo.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_off0000d6f6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef08.bin
b49647b931f2645b83ed033d76ac716a3aa696ec97d3b326a362bff38ed2b4a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF08 17540 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011c37.bin
ed98cb0404e7e4bda8692f98b417531571753ab7e2f612772bdbad871c249dcf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C37 10304 bytes