Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2848e4f7637d8b6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:45:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e7bc1417d7b10b1d6f84decd337c6796 SHA-1: 134b27aaabeb5b4db9e90ee1093fe42866eecc5a SHA-256: 2848e4f7637d8b6a209603c018316f795d3afa087509661278519a8ba992a2a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://spencerrandlefamily.com/clients/864257/File/mimekowone.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/rigowavogari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/97311664880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/14576186561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgv70s32lfjp20puam1jdnmoq6/46628632675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/82459629044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/gakoxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9792fa033c---75232701224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selmanoglusigorta.com/userfiles/file/purosebitovate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94454051331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4094e46c0f---befava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/14479471100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vojejanawoxinazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ec3da01c5---gedenalogudasiladuzakabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b7cf7758a---wiviwavanafexonoxiwugik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210622/210622214723263291eomk05tb8w2o.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd3a1ba28a1cf905b33e46fbbd331943/79870730057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098698cd9f08---55336581094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/45730749431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romovi.net/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/60489983817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksi-system.pl/editorfiles/file/67642772611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/senejapefevujomegera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071de8cb1ed7---fulimojuxuzepenemavoweke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120ed7cc07d2---nivazijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jepidafameguwobixugovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=manualidades+con+tubos+de+papel+de+ba%C3%B1oPDF 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_off0000df52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF52 19208 bytes
SHA-256: e6aad2eaf3fe3d834b4f09e4e6565d5ae07e1c8c5b95ac5c2ccb7cb4edd6e79c
font_01_sfnt_off00010fe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FE4 10844 bytes
SHA-256: d1f4c9310031ba084b360973b34c9b2f4a9c7c2cd8210fffba9c897a0a80cca8
font_02_sfnt_off00012888.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12888 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1