Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48ae224257fccd3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 23:06:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 879777789ef25b158f49a0b80e812f34 SHA-1: a64c4b66f7e5649895f2d0138ccf5ec155e3be7a SHA-256: 48ae224257fccd3de1619cf16211c409b9ee6b994c4a506ce5162f251a20f29b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicates a link farm designed for SEO poisoning or phishing. The embedded JavaScript, while not directly actionable in this context, suggests a potential for further malicious activity. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://dalaichau.com/files/soxofexomusalil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kraski-chernila.ru/resources/file/18704559819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358eb7e3e7e---vawil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/39363345992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernitznigg.at/files/46428855468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/mabonavudonuvifenatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabagarali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dr.schure.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33530345058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toocapen.com/files/sezofubululodakagogabadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcl99nge0dvb7j6riogru6mtsd/86529696844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/22464280965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biafrapol.pl/pliki/file/jewobetubufidulofapiwudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/pifigerapabeviwaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/gusewunademunobumejuzaruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/bununabadized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdded0197f---wewajujakemelafuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintedimages.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopitirugotape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/nodobirizugukijijifoluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/37731879284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/jovuxemazujokejuzeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regaluxiluminacion.com/uploads/assets/file/32589766729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130e05fa2a0f---sodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noavarservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kikuraludugojukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/migudutozolelom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+cheats+weapons+phone+numberPDF 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_off0000c91f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC91F 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 28d9f9db1585ad617cf0022a8eb020a5728c80c70eeeab785fbcf4377315bf16
font_01_sfnt_off0000e275.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE275 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA87 16612 bytes
SHA-256: a35078b348f6dd608e3c373f55ac13890fc329ddadc52782f9f500ca5eae4592