Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48a5aa9fea47a84b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:45:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0368d1be8aa2a8068e441d36178fe182 SHA-1: 2f7374fe229c285a19820805f7b7fb774137d680 SHA-256: 48a5aa9fea47a84bb088bdac4be206d5f32700dad60a6ae409058c783ab72f32
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including a high-confidence ML classification and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, designed to redirect users to further malicious PDF files. The presence of these link farms suggests an attempt to distribute malware or phishing content, likely initiated via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://digireg.es/upload/netogufowavuziz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/69305263013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77ce4e3b42---tilemuxunalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/laxeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4ff6ab530---40281477966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sec-ollivier-associes.fr/www/upload/file/jiretaduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onecre.com/images/content/files/nuwogidarix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baobianhkhang.com/upload/files/jebudunazegiwusowazefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607704a478c7a---jojetagumiliwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmarcofaedi.com/userfiles/files/tuxapikujobazujepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/44111898915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/13555049235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/dogodefifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ffc966b0d58eb06fdd147b63ba6868d/66791861658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984987b6e82---20543905335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyrosesschool.com/userfiles/file/91820722738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eedff7a6447066931ecf696459ef3773/duzejaposobamefosuzimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tg86j47qa2pdr8hom4k7h34992/40909522251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc3c3bec9d---fufoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105398469054---15845961427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazionche.com/files/verediguzakujefiralekefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlitalia.com/userfiles/files/lebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/veduribexukogufuwofasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0a9fa51dd5664e64e24b9d7aad029ad/jogirowudixezuline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=socialism+in+europe+and+the+russian+revolution+answersPDF 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_off0000d985.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD985 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f19c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19C 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 929409c55fa94c8837e5f732f349494b8334ab0f7e26b0312d2f488150adc2b1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B4D 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 00e5e58c2ef936dbfba7629ff57b12c620cb73af55c68598bcdc7a355a5c9f33