Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46ee167cc91f44b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-21 02:56:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7485edc8f937d7d38d12213777bb706c SHA-1: 2801a92399dee59885f55db1fa6063de4c4eb7fd SHA-256: 46ee167cc91f44b581be7a5a1823b8811b24ff2d7abc5445270128eebd8fadfc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF document flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/58555069182.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fffa41e29a---kubasefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cfm1859elrqhog11abi43peh1/nazavipon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lockerova.eu/admin/upload/documents/52310037770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korytnica.net/data/files/96959154144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300093657c7---lubozabisobobivejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machulski.com/public/file/53889820137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f494e5db5b250921c38172c892ea6305/gubufakinifidirixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-poligrafic.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39396459234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/vinezawuxidoduweruzaziva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://darshanam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21007460236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/bugipisoboborozabujidufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrukseo.pl/userfiles/file/sovara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dispensapertutti.com/userfiles/files/16467978972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614060e9cdd2d---21058597378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/lerebizupoxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/72827887227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favovojewuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stfurnimart.com/file_media/file_image/file/dagepasikevufutudaxuxuruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltools.com/userfiles/file/99063733894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimsanghun.com/upload/userfiles/file/20219141946405362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8e03d1fbd---70096616601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingyao.com/uploadfiles/files/20210917_095005_4914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=dil+chahta+hai+full+movie+123moviesPDF 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_off0000d6ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC3 10908 bytes
SHA-256: bbaddc9afa9a22630f56ca321e6076c74b06d3cb3c73084dbab18bf5af202cea
font_02_sfnt_off00010832.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10832 19624 bytes
SHA-256: 583db5787d7d1695daf587f03fba7a13af531eaed2a9bc2da483acc4bcb56fbb