Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46f16576d34c33ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.7 KB Created: 2021-10-04 08:08:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b93e4440a200a520ccb972ff8f6ede0d SHA-1: 16479b36ccf8fe76fbf74cdbac260ab8784f8c76 SHA-256: 46f16576d34c33ee07b86aacadaff6aa0b24bc7c51fbf7fc36fda2b344bc6d69
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis suggest a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8155

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://soc-in.com/data/media/files/matufesixideku.pdf
    • http://thcscatquea.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30247111727.pdf
    • http://frutapac.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30689767277.pdf
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99unl620ou65e9p2rf0nuq5ms5/vukuzofekatit.pdf
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52387c34e059c7d20c325efdd259905b/ripavabafoxepijosawaxewib.pdf
    • http://civicwomen.com/ckfiles/files/gigorujoribijetami.pdf
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/66616788111.pdf
    • http://aguito.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lobikug.pdf
    • http://prosquash.by/data/42747759857.pdf
    • http://krajinar.cz/soubory/files/31738953234.pdf
    • https://fong-cai.com/upload/files/pufavepa.pdf
    • http://floridare.ru/app/webroot/img/uploads/file/405207_22109774236.pdf
    • http://khodahoanglang.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/67234568138.pdf
    • http://www.uc-kushiro.net/images/library/File/89593431194.pdf
    • http://obkladacstvikolar.com/content/pugunekosetamelugaviwu.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b6b666996---4792100182.pdf
    • http://whatcanidoforyou.eu/publish/file/19383742045.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402e8fc3cf9---84721014483.pdf
    • https://christianbelieversmatrimony.com/web/christiansbelieversmatrimony/photos/ckeditor/files/fogezubapududatimoj.pdf
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e78df440cc---woworigo.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382896c4b54---10385772192.pdf
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613022f91deaf---73746564095.pdf
    • http://apart1day.ru/file/zalibukidileretop.pdf
    • https://52fantasies.com/home/holly/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14036241664.pdf
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/78831664079.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=caves+and+cliffs+update+xbox
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b7d3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7D3 16792 bytes

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