Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46ff050d3ec6c927…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.5 KB Created: 2021-07-10 14:22:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dad9ec741518412127bea02c783ed9a2 SHA-1: bec00e801061ac79dc5c631240f0926fadfdd246 SHA-256: 46ff050d3ec6c927004eb4e513fcbf2205c9b4985dfcc64ed7d27110e46d456a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to external websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. This behavior is indicative of a link farm used for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://sapaethnic.com/webroot/img/files/jaxejalixuxuxe.pdf
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/nifuzatuvupilafawevefis.pdf
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0dbaa89a12d96ef37c1abeadbd8ebbf/5697950945.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b68e5d8130---nowifitoxewatunobisaraluv.pdf
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804694d6ad1---dogitokojeme.pdf
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/06/01/file/20210601_041931_160.pdf
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091177796d5a---7547698376.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5a371e262---88742276722.pdf
    • http://deauville.ru/files/file/71347173151.pdf
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e881ab9a0f858334a30b7f0bbdc806f9/80868440657.pdf
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/19187529658.pdf
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/ratotejiwelizodepawufirag.pdf
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1cf5a8b337c02cd4617171fc90bc9b9/padewexanutemub.pdf
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/jimuxowimug.pdf
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e038bf2e96a---5015950030.pdf
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/14026243844.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5t3oekkt513fnt9v9pc0db1nd/nagolikijogum.pdf
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/gadibagewajazugowajuf.pdf
    • http://score1forspencer.com/clients/4/45/4587145e2679cb7673d0e21b436e5c25/File/71162083584.pdf
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u84q4derh18dve6oc5f8rkvmai/33107707228.pdf
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/51929532194.pdf
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/52143137335.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3f3562f4a---tinepe.pdf
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/jelivojiwibaja.pdf
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/96601965902.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=emmy+nominated+shows+2020
    • 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_off00015891.bin
b954ee67679f0421c288b133c6046c17b75de6549dcb97a1e63f782b7305f509
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15891 10792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00017158.bin
0413e56931099fd8d6939804662f9697e4b9922435ef3151552e33e0d45d279f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17158 17812 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001a086.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A086 16792 bytes