Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48414af26dd122cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 07:22:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: ab5f592f4710b404f22dffc98e9e4886 SHA-1: ba1ad6a9fe31bd86d3323e1382f005eae76fa1f7 SHA-256: 48414af26dd122cbd17aa2d5482984d86adf242828b399d816cf92e466742c92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links on potentially compromised sites suggests an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/56109628059.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3cc7a76caa11fce1bcbef43f13fcbff/banosoxawinatebujorob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160955b3ba479f---21852890586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r03d578nvaptqrdgac6n8hd0gb/zidijuxewefokapipewutosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/497f753befd429a77cb8dfc0462c510d/74933317321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psiakocky-potisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukuzobenuwijozexuviwute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1644c821da---bosumosakutulagubiranewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c18bedc7d8---pepukodiwawalizumebiwovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/pileforerebatolanok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2965f0114---97877303285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/firodakagupekedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqam6eii1qrgl0adukel2luf06/30915326193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eae2d54f3---duwipodibowepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b35b4a19d---55554132593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/2242974740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f168756410---75384283811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/73948119762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b25112a400cf543a48f623037db70ad2/bagunowenijuwadunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e71a7d86c---69415335273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021510175575407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4d175b779---zisame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/962fe796a755dea3de54951190c6ddb7/mimamopukagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0698bc1464d08b6877d98e58022cab2f/fegowobonununifaritedevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/26151363360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb8d6b797698c726bb8de65e7669fdc7/59333200781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=thanks+for+watching+like+comment+subscribe+introPDF 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_off0000bac6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAC6 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 280906b8f5e76efef01ce5f3d7b4d2a50391ba27486945a9a528cbf55855e5cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ece0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE0 16016 bytes
SHA-256: 0a5f07fd03980b2aa58654080f3f2e61504b52090c7011f03980f0cc530f497a