Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 048be800b9fea3ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 04:20:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 215edf4fe4ae0adcb1d2f3aaafc8865a SHA-1: 60c6ec6a77b1f3bbd9ffa6ff343353c8548e2a9e SHA-256: 048be800b9fea3eff589f7397d4f23f363bf89825e0510eec354d9906c96f5b5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for initiating malicious actions. The presence of multiple external URIs, including those hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains, strongly suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac570ace6ed---84886456923.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2scqp1bhc082qfii78eusom4a1/63505105590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuanxuongmonmb.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/xakazofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varanini.pl/userfiles/file/66653537101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7905c7f35d1701f8ce67901a5efd504e/nufuvixeper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210815153805750494lio05m.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ai3gl6kj7itlcv9epqfr2htj2/lupugavagobukotifasupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/depukoxakofugamamifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210810_80E3E4D575182D87.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcvjiidgv5s2letunkv2uq4ja2/gafikomejebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/29787021532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/tawesagadovokivagimovijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210701230749_wlis6w.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansonseatery.com/uploads/files/31080481405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/lavazosapeviwipukowazane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/48374559273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://physiotherapy-warwickshire.com/user_file/file/10377169536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplolux72.ru/upload/file/16154826912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/40379110045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/bazolaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6262f3bf2---kipadirogebezonipapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4da982e496---91611568572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31561e13355e58d7a8184074d1256ea7/riferuzefixepofofozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=smash+bandits+mod+apk+happymodPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13936 16320 bytes
SHA-256: 7ff9ebb25375c7dca1d87143cec138d36d599f8ddea744f68405dc1b0655a90c
font_01_sfnt_off00014f75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F75 21324 bytes
SHA-256: 61ebefce5a39bc9d2d56bd60984f07d57f584783978fec5ba42030b7652eae5a
font_02_sfnt_off000183e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183E3 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 2f107cd3506a2f07ffc5d9beb07af337c60b62206dc4825cf63654c95b7a07c8
font_03_sfnt_off00019c5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19C5C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1