Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48996521f2fa413a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-08-06 18:03:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e7caaf896dfb307db103a787170de4cf SHA-1: bc5455857bbfc177952ab3242f61e7d8909e0b1e SHA-256: 48996521f2fa413afdbba71b94f2d73811240d14dff58f1efff9061b06b9a02c
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13672903184.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62151341224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8275e8079dfe00cdf63c63b5e437b616/nejojufewitelegafedubetew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00344ee784---ziregasidudavake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/rivibamavivoret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0sn7ab6lsvfb1j49lodjjeoia/wuduxinunupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/5508297314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb2b248fcd---kujarapikuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fda4c0211ce---wikubozogaweluwukipawug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812b3198eff---88295765090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085722bc2aa2---kewudoxaxudamezobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25af28f9c2---21732347980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3f89edf02---84792614216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///31635819753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7h06b2husdirlc778tj5jb1ri/zalivetubidagizukazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkp5p64i36hdpsc3j858q48sp2/40433679572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz/uploads/50524333593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4228f7076b6e2c3118d1d5f6cbc83ae/vovevefenabebonopil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-n-nate.com/files/files/zikivinige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/ximalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f0a99a115---82231741901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/tebevadazedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/85558857184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607710553322b---30582479160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23c9502dcbbc05d192b19bd70e3f5823/wijajubatorejizoxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=new+bollywood+movies+mkv+300mbPDF 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_off0001167a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1167A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012e8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E8C 17508 bytes
SHA-256: c3d125a32bf7b0d343a481d96bc9584a2a131c8eb2a444847f88edf50ec71c6a
font_02_sfnt_off00015c48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C48 10712 bytes
SHA-256: e1d2d5942793fd5a4615f90208ccdab918437696545b62c864b0d3b5d84c1755