Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46ce60d9417d5d99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 22:34:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 9d7e602f02d844ff2cfac35c1f3a6cbc SHA-1: 9d00738b616b6f87713f380e013a6d787e58a434 SHA-256: 46ce60d9417d5d99d3af10eceb54fe8317596d03bf996e7f60b8697999802f95
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV detection. The document contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on various domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to install or connect with a remote support tool, a common tactic for social engineering attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+my+phone+not+letting+me+answer+calls PDF link annotation
    • https://speedwayinfo.hu/uploads/file/32854648074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/sunukitojijuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/vagebowokowenota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidiniaibreketai.lt/userfiles/file/96676630454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/34501194069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55996149221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/76631973003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/13765036552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsdienst4you.de/bilder/file/vodinasojizizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/681de7cd7fbea564cab858349c98db42/21414155089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wamaeassociates.com/images/uploads/originals/file/34241585964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc78892706---bulibotuzikipagenodanumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/87096028992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arendic.cl/files/teregeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://distriparkbotlek.nl/userfiles/files/91380954622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15408291208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selapro.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80432321110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/62892433548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65260459160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/wasuwetavolemopegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/wotopiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontech.vn/images/ckeditor/files/71084703420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/61693364226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lochoanggia.com/upload/files/68615203143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b2470c58ae2c9782ae6d5aa5a76cda/57840778805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/saripelol.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_off0000d8a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8A6 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 6cba729b62d29c0b5684f9758d32bcf31786912d6248f27857d21944daf7b3a0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f22b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF22B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3D 16680 bytes
SHA-256: c26336c33fab0e04065ea8dee169aff77bc5386507a7944c4c94f43d32979c94