Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48b50d24599423ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-04 00:51:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1ac338521c9d5449cc286b7c41cb6c64 SHA-1: 0aeee27ea56342b49a25151207cc1da44ffaff00 SHA-256: 48b50d24599423ec547b48d8db10c30f34d3f8bded25042a9d874289e4c7904b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The PDF structure and link farm heuristics further support this, as they are common tactics for redirecting users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094066c70dee---91868710131.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdcafc83d37---watokapatebemoluparetufuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saint-florentin.charcutier-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21095861966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/76963070700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc00dc2fbf8---18346748596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30597103800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74873249989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopetrillo.eu/userfiles/files/23096598718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q38mrps7gthd2p9jpop1tac0r3/zotederak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5372587cf---kakazajeratozobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vu26cu6hsoki615ka1s2s2aejr/merodixefetuxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2q2acn3qkbvn0vtc63h3n7nhuq/zivebadixunipapadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9421ba951c11ef2dfd6e60f0a8b565/98949595838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/dexotibamadojapux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/63454091495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terminsk.by/pics/files/xezevuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a030c89951f31bc47fc2474120584ae/66612373118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideas4mypool.com/userfiles/file/2639276998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/51006504652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608686db0fa3b---1670458291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f13243f06c1bf5fde261a3f1eae2aa7/59365692560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cce35adf4b---fopulenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/gezelajatikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f44df197a2---65008707479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6536bc6250---tunezugetexemezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=aimpoint+golf+chart+pdfPDF 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_off0000e097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE097 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 425858a56c7e3865e6a566ba85443f94a1898c5c0fa83a3b43a639d158c35e5e
font_01_sfnt_off00010ea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA8 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 4ed8de5ee4cd550bf9281e6358c197b4726aed27e24706afd6a764cd0f049477
font_02_sfnt_off000126f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1