Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2748c48bbccc4c99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 17:36:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 89bf3f9106d985ad61d56a572c0f4240 SHA-1: 459b360c49952e3d60cedfcdd3146a5874de3070 SHA-256: 2748c48bbccc4c99bb5418604bd92bd030d87dd0b7562f52568c5f42d71af247
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'utm_term=standard+shipping+tracking' parameter in one URL indicates a lure related to package delivery. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=standard+shipping+tracking PDF link annotation
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3a6bbd12cfb61daec3244cbb756bd5e/70816503975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609835787f443---noxidoxuzewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/xobutan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b0df2ceda---jilefedumigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bli3uger6aejkr54k28f043b7/21135455050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/ligizidupajonikilukefex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/29101509356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rkuafsiai1fsoaanu63evtrd5/38351712381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210622_46BC2F36A0558D60.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/buguxipum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609853d83a621---perezatarabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hicn8b07to2meog8ortog49ecg/nopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819f3fb5719---28325268980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sobafakapiwedadisitusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63793f646a33efe9b173d069fb4bf978/95400962193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/kokotilize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082025d46510---17097572378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/196c7236797f69d64389e753d0a02fb7/ripatanadorotuxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fa3f55931---kitotutominutekipomomusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/bukufexipazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/somofof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/papudugepamexuxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f99b9a33d2---5629507107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/19633234008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160981b302b121---lurekofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b6dc8cc55---59678323172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eaa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA4 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 9a722f0373dec7f81b235976199792f27ad6ef037af940eb5de705c21509248c
font_01_sfnt_off0001166f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1166F 10660 bytes
SHA-256: b1f168e79c2735731371ba6168b74750b9cdade40eec1dfd22371b3d8008887c
font_02_sfnt_off00012e8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1