Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46fd65047910527c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-24 08:37:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3f9edc400608334dce473fb638598e75 SHA-1: 7d305359dd8f03b3c2e686fa928430530d5f0187 SHA-256: 46fd65047910527c64147162141873629772327b7b38d8f2ada351ff3db25c67
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of link farms in PDFs often involves JavaScript to facilitate redirection, suggesting an attempt to deliver a second-stage payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://tokyosushilohaus.com/uploads/files/15697687166.pdf
    • http://dinhvi5s.com/images/newtech/files/34566030889.pdf
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613825b9a4850---momuvokago.pdf
    • https://suksesunited.com/contents/files/likagisipujinebetujezituw.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b09684461e---gesexalijakaxuna.pdf
    • http://czerwoneiczarne.pl/files/file/37730800794.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/picm6o8r88avrvrcpmq5tg5e51/bojosolug.pdf
    • http://busangh.com/attfile/fckimg/file///2021090121336_967840915.pdf
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/zinuvuresewezeziwog.pdf
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/zumuvid.pdf
    • https://mbbs.hr/files/79246565362.pdf
    • http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202109/file/210904111719164045feb5pilxtaih.pdf
    • http://marinaxaraes.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gulerovurivulekoxi.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161440123dd1f7.pdf
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/kenizidetekefezaf.pdf
    • http://everestlodgelukla.com/userfiles/file/gitumunanarefakerasebiwe.pdf
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/xofusijisusefufuwan.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff0a27e33a---tisosurifuf.pdf
    • https://sklepbonus.eu/userfiles/file/pogemexofepepu.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af73017227---wapezu.pdf
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75098270349.pdf
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/17728401401.pdf
    • http://americansemitruckparts.com/d/files/rokiguvanugabibagufefum.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=top+racing+games+android
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f386.bin
7a6ee972307c5c166449e349fa21289df20d477b13e4a2856ba4c6750abf1312
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF386 10676 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010bbb.bin
fa99b30a268bf30d3ac4d7bfc196a9aec3e803a8540968f6078c965726e79014
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BBB 17592 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001395c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1395C 16792 bytes