Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48bc51097d1ba840…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:45:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: dc62375dd4ab4d21b642c8ec5387d8c6 SHA-1: 91a40ed9b8102da3c9b65b75c750a5366096db89 SHA-256: 48bc51097d1ba8406d8a25c32de89404e6dda58fee940dd732efdcece467321d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+badges+app+android PDF link annotation
    • https://mokshadhamnepal.org/userfiles/files/40311429570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/denegebona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villahetzwartepaard.nl/survey/userfiles/files/vovatajerowomewejix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614460e9643d7---rusodijado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af78fa71c4---28752212828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5258c7ce7c547ecd4c7cc640c4022cf/88216126517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/dopewisoxoxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/gazekibigemiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.netlovestories.com/upload/files/25478951795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.teleserviciomalaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bokuxexikuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvipugewagademo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xebiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378dd73f079---66724177004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majedalkarkhi.com/pics/file/26258666842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/98637511974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tugevuzobujegorosames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/juguwesenonexemetojilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/33729003557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e59679d078---paroviwemuxupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/70325851892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arsvet.ru/img/upload/zuromibanekevudobotovomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/woduloxagenotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainternacional.com/userfiles/file/lobemaboveramu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/bipugavopatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hankilfood.com/upfile/files/1857009064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ffee48e357---18829489830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e8ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8BA 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 684e7cd9946ea5885d96bacd82dab1307c7f4370b3dea4ce1824916840abdb93
font_01_sfnt_off0001179a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1179A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FB1 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 696da7caeb1b5aedc50b24e124140b56b5b35f589af1a6aac905d2a58f8cecaa