Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46ecdf12a4e6587b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:53:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 95b21ac9ab52ade00ebf7d5c540f8232 SHA-1: 1573cc17069551971bab1983e3ea14f6325d6d10 SHA-256: 46ecdf12a4e6587be7bc32886f0d19d752677061cbed5d92489c814991d6033d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. Heuristics indicate a high likelihood of malicious intent, with ClamAV specifically identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL distribution strongly suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=profit+and+expenditure+formula PDF link annotation
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4a6cd16b7---dafipiwuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioicamdo.com/upload/files/guwaxinixozikekifawiref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f50cd83d6---kosedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydreamspin.com/userfiles/file/lalonoponudurotitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/170090788460b0a8a86c8e6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/76980331095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a4e8aac37---raropoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a4af66e8b---basologevekejituse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp4ult2qf6u822jnaskhe2t9p9/vuxiwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/sadefexerujexadume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/fujibogepuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colantuono.it/userfiles/files/wekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fugewuvagalonekujibugatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/46901664652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chulintemple.org/CKEdit/upload/files/vilutuvufidewivobik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/48131871767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eed3ebb2b22d93a8e1dbdab23c4fbaa1/10770634728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbzl-pro.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/60627426689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/43322790377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a4d83a5a9---xuzetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p41h7amlkdmq1e8tvm416ac4a6/70793711600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/58334161063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apteka-wratislavia.pl/halatecza/userfiles/file/pomudepusebelezatudajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/95555598987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c28cbf853b33c4c92f5044c9df6343c2/fimuruzokid.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_off0000c156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC156 17040 bytes
SHA-256: 6aa82b658b1f320556241f50e202843ab5f946a097fc6427f2390e246006d12b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10533 10692 bytes
SHA-256: f24f277b42820e8743957e27940fb51d4d6a3487659ddfdc46f50707e24eb875