Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48b553f04fc1a556…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 10:05:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7348632e2585e41aaa9abfbef6d540eb SHA-1: bcc2a947b4f894f203e4a1a46d10ed42393c190f SHA-256: 48b553f04fc1a5561c7b83c13363d1880e03bde7a8d3208f4207325323c52de9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's designed to deliver a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b323cc4efbf---kadero.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/597867bb5c1a7a60928c68c78ac8a1a3/13907425596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa44583103---48701252908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiancfea.org/userfiles/file/62028290417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ligujiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/61758484787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ej51u82nomd8tku3p0kljdoj37/fipapubobekobefejiluxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efbfc59638---87963172767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacef98c75d---xilimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/82537352358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0adcc1749d---96317268948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/wixazonidomaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9v2iiupbn9povjis5vmefhbh62/bijamilafolemawisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2f807f0c5---furaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a64216243c1c1749d99b36fa2bb550c0/warojos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e19210acc22---vufalimibamabisikenotefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51da9a68a3---47671669708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/av7vo748tb8oqq7n2f5h4bmbr3/vagodanobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/8227266221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6873664535---65896016188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba19971bb6e---welokeresetifufito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b56a89310b---xujimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiuman-hk.com/images/file/25689291182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s920hd92gtkcaahus9hdj4l73/419054826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=comparative+cross+sectional+study+designPDF 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_off0000ee27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE27 17008 bytes
SHA-256: 5d8644ffbfb701f15872ee6961ae8c3e69c1531a51361cafc3074fb05910a755
font_01_sfnt_off00011ac3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC3 11168 bytes
SHA-256: e6c1b8d914a67f37a15a20c8fc504eb28669f9695e5c127b313d0387e0963309
font_02_sfnt_off000134af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1