Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46e13489293b1110…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:48:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: abdbc81e381329a6cb9d0ccccd436207 SHA-1: 1f5755b582b5414225e17a3b307318c06623833a SHA-256: 46e13489293b1110aedef7ccded5f87b441a2492c292befb2ca115570735f8a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it's a link farm hosted on compromised websites. The presence of multiple PDF files hosted on various domains suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the 'compromised CMS upload link farm' heuristic point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ke26j0h04740s67q3hhnclkn7q/luwulig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://enewind.com/pliki/file/12185477614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/tilosunamerijalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-group.com/upload/files/67041049920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/43912223880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee21b0488a---jozolutuvijisuwojapafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zedimibasisisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datxeninhbinh.com/data/dulieu/files/69092524330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40aa10421ab5d7f872c1c238af4c9f54/45226612205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uforoi.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/40767503809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faizleathergloves.com/userfiles/files/13646002402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/10772476483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitalclassof1970.com/clients/e/e7/e78cae7b17622b0161c193cbd63f4fd0/File/97287884759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e1a7a3d761---94438890633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021819842151264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15abimnapi9f8cpvua2gg5ehcp/molikebatilusemiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bandenplaats.nl/cmsimages/file/tatolipaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nitumunamakomino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/31653268427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///36482637114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/dawulofupevifiniduzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamicyunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74976576822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaors.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/67945716401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationforexcellence.com/clients/66491/File/numuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/49447119846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=teaching+english+as+a+foreign+or+second+language+jerry+g+gebhard+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_off0000c884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC884 16608 bytes
SHA-256: ea2b81db18a1ecf40451746fb42fc7b5e53927ed207ba313d4f5486410958b0c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f395.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF395 11248 bytes
SHA-256: c4d01f360f687b4a5f35eb7aee12e79aa7a451f943e66754086412274816d900
font_02_sfnt_off00010d6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1