Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48254997df32b2c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:23:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 37e4146fce27a5adc413cd1afcba8cd8 SHA-1: 9070a87387214e4f193f84d73f573c22697a872c SHA-256: 48254997df32b2c1a300e96490c8966d45da7ce857fe58814f51fa2103b37de7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, the document features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=math+word+problem+solver+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://dienlanhtruongson.com/upload/files/17581088057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/xagupubaxisodedanazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/wapalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/gusiraletewibufelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsi0bdpa7v95ug6tkcp68pouqa/roxivefesirezafukow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f0a168a86275696b2e9206992bc3467/21806467424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa1a5ab1cdb070cc2111ac05c46dc80a/zudaruxolerixaxatevap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/dijuranejizojujobarive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktogel.com/contents//files/93928750552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pulofavesafesafebalamaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/48169565871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2m-m.eu/userfiles/files/72395676674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/mukavovavaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28348049765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/xiwawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budgetparking.ca/admin/uploads/file/dokugojakate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://positiveforce.in/uploads/files/80276313013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/89606589553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f19118fc7b---rogokejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debschoen.com/userfiles/file/92025761712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenobiacultura.it/userfiles/file///29436406637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/lumisetagaxagefukilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5012cad84---vajomujofenujixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc74f8b4801---lumiboxodijunow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://confidenzacsapagy.hu/upload/40728932979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36898c84560c2f3a60bd1a7f7f05ebfd/sifatolepapigepi.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_off0000b78f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB78F 14920 bytes
SHA-256: dd6f46be65248e29637217ed789d08dd5e37764405247ebdc533f9050a97e0f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCD9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F0 10840 bytes
SHA-256: ed0aa9fe9e83ea10496880fb7877ea1b5472dff0fb7398f619866a5199a5e170