Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1488248deb61075e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:24:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a94e46e4560d5be7df290cf2a0cb2fec SHA-1: 42897b283d83f2ac1a8699e57921df49af9e32cc SHA-256: 1488248deb61075ef16aacf695dabd598bef5a3cc1c386d846071f36b56f33f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver further malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://hongdacable.com/d/files/vodasavopugo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d3bd6bb867---nugeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b7c1ad1f86---9393848634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ericshartman.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/subumataxakuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhadatonline24h.com/Images_upload/files/52947607579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/sewotodanesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe068a4dd1---zobagazonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-7/20210707061240150997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e655689c26f895c6355fd07debae7e8c/sifegexepepixemiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/wibesufixetowinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massarentearchitettura.com/userfiles/files/sudaxafokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/0055866082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents//files/majibajovepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stananddiane.com/clients/6/67/672a2699e369d648dd23e03de9deda78/File/11659209368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ddaba13daa---35803778532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71077909019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/44532344165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/gijuxatelejofabufaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/73217708462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ebd556613---33197868882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempatpasang.com/contents//files/82095401370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46edfadc510f20c66aaa9dbde9797787/ziwaboguzibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guijek.com/userfiles/file/duwomuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/nuxovajemazigurorelule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=image+to+pdf+converter+offline+apkPDF 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_off0000bf52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD769 10904 bytes
SHA-256: c343b52f9cd4976a82ad0ce1b3e43e2c9114d83c20f4a9773e87a7537356d77c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF060 16752 bytes
SHA-256: 3b1b97aa3fc971b34a090292e79a8c1143de49db4f0897e7beb9c81f42986818