Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd46f411279e62e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

137.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:18:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0e59e29aec599c9c89196182539ce9c0 SHA-1: d6b41ccc602a1f308153a219ec98770a9cb8bd0b SHA-256: bd46f411279e62e2bd5579eab6b384c3ac2a79ee41f5779e12e5ffb5d003cb9c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. The presence of link farms on disposable or compromised hosting further supports a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9742

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://gomientrung.vn/uploads/image/files/21745025148.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/91431967536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raovat72.vn/uploads/news_file/delujodiwikolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/30351835403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallncart.com/userfiles/files/45571449162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sushixusa.com/userfiles/files/tomibosawaveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d26dc3fb5---buxixufijoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/woluwawajifuxopasujixaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/rasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80796669181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savemaxint.com/files/file/54355978445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coquicart.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/xuteligorazisemedemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e9vh9a8uc248btj25cgeip3o5/22892087783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgunbey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/piluva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a26060bf97789dd432591a0f46eaf56a/dijixodibuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shjkyq.com/up_files/FCK/file/65223134948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8d7b271552---52564697759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quanhoangtsi.com/upload/quangtri/files/77283245701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents/files/pivugogabinemajobeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fc7d89c55e31aa68f993ec626c8572f/98293431243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c84242624a---wezevebojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/vudiruzekokadagamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokuzasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/59049337828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a023f80fcf2---24379579811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/karurefojabotolisuzuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e56372d9a8---88086588954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/79641376752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=applications+of+quadratic+equations+word+problems+worksheetPDF 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_off0001b238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B238 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001ca4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CA4F 11428 bytes
SHA-256: 874a14ca0637c7af7d88c80ef155eac306ac1e153f3a5b58c977111379a27400
font_02_sfnt_off0001e4c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E4C6 19112 bytes
SHA-256: ef54e5eb65e6fa7bf395a160866bbebe8b5c26344c2fd6a4566286af4d3d4b76