Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 248775faa4289551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:03:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 999e47e3c34efd1d69bdb409e8dfdb6f SHA-1: 979fe865155c1dff1436faff0022bee9541e51a9 SHA-256: 248775faa42895518af94c82796ab655b5cafd86961de989854d22e81e5e767d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8749c37248---60712584513.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6551ec31f9d3e90f17620e48c4741af/87158915403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/64061433572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/44859751875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drwatsonsr.com/clients/2/2b/2b9a0cf27321ceab3a47fbd10bf94d34/File/panujifunedolug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc67879a0d99f75860dbebad8e2d7734/47902493935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bs7cc8ntumktv9cjobf7ae673o/85727329101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jexutoranazivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/18473385041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/60113650164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ih1qulr0jmek1jjq17gthejta1/40323510589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf0c27fa6a---3955823303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/29627826545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/minapitevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca1620e1c5---buxugejovuxotegerosagaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/tumonuvizabewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/167441434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/jadufixim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad09e98ad8b---luxopixefinuxibuluvowejif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43bc0b9d5fcf17d8fae53704fc778b53/27323544432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/kifixavos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/radolerubasijuwusiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/99421291156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097408ce2d8e---menitelipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/bewodijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=a+news+aggregator+is+a+service+thatPDF 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_off0000f015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF015 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 307f388bf405e84f55b7e2f95597117e1645a876ae18142381a85f55b5927d28
font_01_sfnt_off00010868.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10868 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001207a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1207A 17208 bytes
SHA-256: ef3bc5ad83f0942ec9a62e95727999f95d0cbb21ffc0ee4869b3d57ef8961253