Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48a10ed3969ddb17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-08-19 02:10:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c631d318e928ebe23af5ec1893c5f2a6 SHA-1: ca1c767e1a1512a647696f944c2c982585cc2ac8 SHA-256: 48a10ed3969ddb170a40f41729b645e90fff94a314729813e2f936fe036d1427
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=price+of+old+zippo+lighters
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e836f6d7bce---99526821703.pdf
    • http://dragoniresorts.com/userfiles/93541576287.pdf
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3f80b02cdcd663415bf714ba6c3adc6/dabejenazapa.pdf
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37245766566.pdf
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/48948905831.pdf
    • http://kalikraft.com/images/file/90086113462.pdf
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/11460359571.pdf
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///fesisixa.pdf
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/bufufu.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aac6f2d4e5cf838c6be33f2980904036/luvesanob.pdf
    • http://anhopphat.com/uploads/files/venalirogowanokarafata.pdf
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/diduw.pdf
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/xifar.pdf
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28808580843.pdf
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e75b9af61---73618528429.pdf
    • https://nidi.mk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54272696452.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1417546845---63874738498.pdf
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wowotawejubetipirovorej.pdf
    • http://nitecoreromania.ro/files/file/21440799940.pdf
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c981392782---jenitowenixufazowofajevam.pdf
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac09eda5655---xivufitu.pdf
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/wavurojuzire.pdf
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fef3607108---rolabitoves.pdf
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b0f89a4a3cf1d1b92c33a0b473c3d9a/jezoserapubov.pdf
    • https://elektrona.cz/files/file/37882865659.pdf
    • http://mobilephleb.com/clients/2/2d/2d2188d13063160162e6e2bbcdac547d/File/kabodisujajazebeva.pdf
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/safufowutobujibudid.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000115dc.bin
da3b927b2d1b3a301f3b37f733550a1203a8a793c0ca59d6198a8d145337adc6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115DC 10692 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012e50.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E50 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014662.bin
1c927955ca9c462e2e81116d32352b4013db0361cfa90eca77f4e47b45155e80
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14662 17780 bytes