Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46f6839f2d45230b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-20 00:29:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 58d0b83a440f0212e3b864a3bd7b8873 SHA-1: b4f49cdf9c9d9c06e45e6e7ba7047fcdda065d24 SHA-256: 46f6839f2d45230bf2a79347183f8efed0058a1956ec1fb18fc905c25a8e8a09
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. This structure suggests the document is designed as a link farm to distribute malicious content or facilitate phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f312c9172d---84515904991.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5ce396ab3---28317847056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/dimagatewidakanasajum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607569de3ceb7---15409394004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12091822271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be3c268c6fb2972412f8fed87ccaba00/15491490198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b3674eb1d---genibuvijasejalofofofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifecareproduct.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xasapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bfc7a3c48b---muguzijolizalokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiro-seiko.com/upload/files/savugipivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/40491848059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41a2481013---21362957753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e53174fe0---dinuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722738c5635---46736960874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/letf3sigluc3f2dq6qulbgcidf/2346382816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gifarlcm.com/upfiles/editor/files/gojusemozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/162443798281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/57807193055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/fodateke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1624968986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccefa62a907---leture.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/38539224793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=excel+get+column+from+another+sheetPDF 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_off0000e73c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE73C 10876 bytes
SHA-256: e9ac438b78c1fd4d1329b5453c8b3b4d90a1597be69a02c39962117c9833e97c
font_01_sfnt_off0001003e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1003E 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 6ce27cdfd3e4c390d310dca2966cc3282158b74f7f4d8bea962bac5ff6b1365c
font_02_sfnt_off00012e14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1