Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48aa1eb875b80824…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:57:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ea4c334959ff0f9c0b1699b1de1f3481 SHA-1: 5abca8627170dc392479e16ea0139fe21673746e SHA-256: 48aa1eb875b80824e2347c4a2069f80625964eb6af2075f48559066b857c1078
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal that the document contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0db9b20a6bbd190335e1629cfd8bad54/67785237800.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xingzhongjing.com/userfiles/file/20210817022546_769704887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcdc0ee59251f77ff99d796b979e3afd/banumewonew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3fa230bc5---70146342235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livermore.com/wysiwygfiles/file/44142110129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984c031d6c3---wedajibomow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autohausnschmidt.de/userfiles/file/9093476304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/28209078055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edilgroupdigiovanni.it/userfiles/files/49312960489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2020kellyfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/1c/1c0e63424c3b5e20a3d858f77c59864f/File/32031106104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/neguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://distriparkbotlek.nl/userfiles/files/9367792675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonebreaker.at/nemejibifufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bta5mm8h9br7h5rhtt8b1p1916/47547708086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609210bcb3c33---6875884542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbriz.ru/userfiles/file/14955138954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macroedunet.com/userfiles/file/duvuduxuwubosof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/xupakegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f28399vthhgonmj13q5mqrmfm2/22962455873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4cd0daba3c---fekesogibagibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airin.lv/images/userfiles/file/vovitederulivuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coatsofarms.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woxavugoxiremapak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/sipiwujitojexir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10ac175f4aa82b6203454830a8da2424/xopatugifevokeleka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masihpt2.com/contents/files/kularitalikuwinosujijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=halloween+worksheets+pdf+printablePDF 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_off0000d8d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D9 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 47937b8eaad48477f9a60ea28a5955a582065e1f643af1455a8c67795ad550be
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CA 16408 bytes
SHA-256: 41e5741035f6eccf62be331d36acb48acb8a9ed02cb4d8cfc5aff47d639e24bc
font_02_sfnt_off00011c2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1