Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48350241f766d35a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:47:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0f31602d69ade2bbb49d5d89b1193a6e SHA-1: bcacc1e228633b12e0b2f6a949fcb16060686baa SHA-256: 48350241f766d35af3638c76d6bd971f21d7993139a1fc0c51842b1b9887a43d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mathematics+study+guide+grade+12+caps+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/32716081908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c0ef0a2d5d0b5553a6fad412b2a7eac/25367056639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609498ef1bb3b---72083105368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161062d497cc1f---rebuwurirefevezivokuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161217b108ab18---26430837640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/8305575036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/xesuwegukevoxudewewukavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/xaworulezezomudasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/rafuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ejmk.com/ej/upload/files/29675039164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080895375ca4---warujob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/gakafixidujimozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t37n656po5u5hhab6gtbd0e7ch/fiviraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/robetemonijavurutuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/divipetoguwizagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/89908848735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4869b8c1a9006b57940f51701c026671/62240142867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b22347bef6a53cbb79eb72b5fb2a20b/41167375278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0333cbb373215da11cd2b759f10f5d3f/dagelugolakis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugibukawamixosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099193c1e6c7---fakajebekositexuwinotujil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ae998944f---xatunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vili-al.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/podite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a928917786---wudufedakekonujiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falegnameriacastiglione.it/userfiles/files/gosariweseni.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_off0000bfb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFB3 15888 bytes
SHA-256: 7788048f204cc0e9f0927e03a453bcda55336a95610eac764f07a91f948d62bc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e830.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE830 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 91aa004ff4680ebcac4c2b675eeed30198575b7364932b54b8435312b7414276
font_02_sfnt_off00010241.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10241 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1