Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46de6c73614da8ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:09:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ef53a4810992becb4b73f2f8daadbb9c SHA-1: dc214721398f4d4043380d7e280d79101acb98c1 SHA-256: 46de6c73614da8ec01b0d828a602f70adc0bf2b8c66bedc22deaa7eda4e92c20
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mi+9+lite+android+11+update PDF link annotation
    • http://sanchariglobal.com/userfiles/file/jupubosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/morana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms2oke.com/contents/files/poziparor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevandeepspecialcare.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xabozijopetulapuwijasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/lekusaniwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cauthangdep24h.com/upload/files/jurodabesedebunodupezebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2winit.com/Files/files/gebogukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zmiz.hr/userfiles/file/matepibudapodatafozopev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ava3r9r4n4meiia6hgcifbe12/12231535258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velomagazin.hu/UserFiles/file/rikiwatokenemomobukekirob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/zitamajukewapakumosek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/rulakobofazatonugubevakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/tododibebojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b0335b8f09---270927689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/29959249787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.net/calisma2/files/uploads/96505157253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71862848919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oancora.com/ckfinder/files/zokiwudivugubojevigija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b8c89bed1---wuzovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldpigment.com/image/upload/File/xejawexesaripusoguruximaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaluzipro.ru/public/userfiles/file/vuvaburuwife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tssch.in/tssch/application/admin/uploads/file/25205251498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriolefashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64892417037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwplazaview.com/uploads/files/dijovenenurepajepugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pallenberg-busreisen.de/uploads/files/xorajativ.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_off000141ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141FF 18592 bytes
SHA-256: dd75decc5400b84f487f3ff048f056fc48eb39f52cc5d033537e4808f3cd03c0
font_01_sfnt_off0001721c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1721C 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 765abf63066ef0b7fdb6efbe41bade13a1e602212551126f9912eaf70972053a
font_02_sfnt_off00018a36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18A36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1