Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 148f10772290ed53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 01:01:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 6347251ac7dac6feb716113f1b01016e SHA-1: f6832edd1181cbd6866d40b7dca756c91d05d308 SHA-256: 148f10772290ed531dea53dd4b8fafe057da732fa6ac69d05e7ec880e499cca8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple URLs hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae28de8f63e---mowikilaviv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/zumatobekitukixivotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/484ce57debb00c8347008cd15053d3b5/74183614691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijinghuojia.cn/userfiles/file/80844923158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e26802373---vufafojigawotedixitelifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758fdd9b6df---20426365767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof88.com/clients/7/7f/7f6c4973f16106f9a1f2948091db50b4/File/zubonulotedujumatawodivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/85208068922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b96dcebbd00744b8db6a131a2750677/97424995333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/4703894158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43007048042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7b9d101ee---15764842340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/bujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents//files/67217057774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ad329d0b8---53942183784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/56207985843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0efab706f6730172a8df6a1c1936ef1/mozudiwudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/xobezugilagosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/rewibuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/726b84bbfd8e35c7515c79c44307f943/jojabakolipajimogokafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/gowopuxajekepapiziweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/35532871760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/gapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7bb9171a191fe738057222e8bcd9960/98244061778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b77e321c2---ragokuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=calculus+for+biology+and+medicine+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000eb80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB80 11336 bytes
SHA-256: 0afeaabbefe94c9f7264fdcd006faf85d4b1ee9244967c77e45d954671a8c9b4
font_01_sfnt_off000105cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105CD 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 33a6323ffdec2cc28f925473fe62209100887943df7d3b6293e75d7e4af14ecf
font_02_sfnt_off00013274.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13274 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1