Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48b39e92419f1e9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-07-28 00:54:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e554e56c01464e82826818810dce0d78 SHA-1: 0817594a1e244d3af693647aa2bba02d1f005402 SHA-256: 48b39e92419f1e9cb6761e562e77310c2a816ad1d43695634bc3a1625d721ee7
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of a QR code lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://austarpharma.com/upload/files/96818494525.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f3185f6c0---doxijovukamaraxatizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/4778791462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/finexitabevubuged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chief-moving.com/editor_upload/file/vazedep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97821898de---zasujakidetejesupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/dadafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2f5a74414f9226b5f21a12b74941957/82532748898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6uhf0eb3n5ssg8oaoj6us3rsa4/gatelakufeniwawidofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ce492cc5b---34679403060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4a879a870---gupejemosawimafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/74931121822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe3126923c---desorowulexodijirog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16256975024663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce667539be6---lakogaxugiramijeluxego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/gabefimuzuleguvoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dc014b961---50590040512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ffa98dc84f34eeff94b80d9563e4d41/bolas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leposeur.fr/site/upload/ckfinder/files/radinakeragow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad3e5d0270d---59005500884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alusol-kw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tudupomiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/83682962328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bce043ae37---26608362998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7a476aa4c---63448361918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d019664d59efc5430081a6cf9fbc1005/12235745518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+level+up+your+champions+fast+in+raid+shadow+legendsPDF 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_off000104f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F0 18752 bytes
SHA-256: 228f856e551cb2c94f81f62a6b7f83a39a1a39dc384e75c02349476c76891d3e
font_01_sfnt_off00013488.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13488 11424 bytes
SHA-256: 352992dd3614d4de87a042c4616596df216aea22bb50707204f852591746c601
font_02_sfnt_off00014f24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1