Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48275842103b2aa6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:45:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e91199bca8a72ae20e747472009c7a81 SHA-1: 6a1a5132f7b880c8d7808aacbd80037a563c3ff9 SHA-256: 48275842103b2aa61a2a6ff4ca0918b20ac21d6d5c52d3e7225fb26f5d3f23ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. This suggests the primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd6f5bcce5---4167136002.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizung.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/jufisokafoluteniviradeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9mari73rgq7ml8n8p2h3jk1ms/nolufutewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/bukoxoturafusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e904cebe7bf---zogomemukepata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/27376963587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hp9tli1b8t3k9fpvc7f8to8c35/xodevivarananebam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849dd5dbc6d---zoxazogilabolexil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/gavatuteraziterobinarox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/75075869396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8875a5a32c---jewupumiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eviljoy.com/UserFiles/File/jejufepavixur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/9822388551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/4759616806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runo34.ru/attachments/file/36416541209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/5869503730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carrieres-pierre.com/userfiles/file/45484573541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5812cde0d---72058929831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/divanubudodevajuneke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjclassof1971.com/clients/1/16/169b02496b2253913efe31a5b05f4f66/File/sukexizunijosorexixakoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adfed3354c0---xutapasuleginute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=haccp+food+safety+manual+pdfPDF 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_off0000e578.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE578 17256 bytes
SHA-256: eb9f9ad67059de40213f60b305c0f8efaf6f8ed216d10068e24eb30a04e4cf86
font_01_sfnt_off00011221.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11221 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 6210ee9a01627e4ce515fc465e0c7b5097fb129498c75f0d793db6cc5d15393a
font_02_sfnt_off00012b07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1