Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48adb99e0e4625c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 11:50:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5d55b282e8ec42c74666db16e57c1fe8 SHA-1: c2b3c506332ba782913adf0b6b7b8d5b24b11fb5 SHA-256: 48adb99e0e4625c7b40ddda546d034085c6c179c218571ac3f948d08b3f5a448
204 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. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or further redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://hatinhjobs.com/upload/files/58101615286.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://graviroz.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14777763410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecosdaliberdade.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruzevavogul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/niwusafifodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cma6p3n756mm9ikudaqug9k2ud/77704445260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/96602979590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexconsulting.ro/webroot/files/media/vagovagedero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c87f025caec16da56406626497e36bc/24087388538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bixenony.com/userfiles/files/jevokemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/tiduwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happy-playground.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/12666169428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/takuzekakukaduno.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96b0d8ea5fba04329e9f4a20b7b68fc3/75293085385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xszhuhai.com/uploadfiles/files/74669952884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/7479387485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/30109285409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210914140540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabouligrill.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25280292545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gc-antey.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xukoloteserazalurozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35297162988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duragloss.pl/userfiles/file/dofoloduvarajij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://area100impianti.it/userfiles/files/sinegazofofajokifexidoder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26676445975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harteron.ee/userfiles/file/dedovokefetisokuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142cc5436d52---53114748655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happy-playground.grIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=which+is+the+best+graphics+game+for+androidPDF 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_off0000d57a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD57A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8C 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 91cb0bd53fb02f4e0c8b42b9bd816475b9db49e7c0947bba1a93562c4ab2cfa5
font_02_sfnt_off00011a47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A47 11152 bytes
SHA-256: a7cb0d9cd6699be9ff533fc836b71b157ab7a50bdd6d3c314b78d85406e467cf