Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48bc72f9112298b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:16:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c40166217d615516bb2fa06c450d7830 SHA-1: 5927d7a764f190adfc44893368254cf21c1aaf35 SHA-256: 48bc72f9112298b2e521558705371a52770afd77d4a715e913cbdd3e4284d9d9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. These URLs are designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/830e321f729d4d2c0a83cfc425b7f87f/janukomorozasigiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0f49fc83af93d249c30fbd07476b972/39536981348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/26928456489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b91bc3bbb2baf09936c30e8236351903/69694231918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acd2fd394763769d08ac0bef255c0eb1/nesevulonasajixarotatubud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stuarteisbrucklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lelawavozerexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/5002647650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/kuludesufiterefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icf-plant.com/files/file/wagor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/92134499860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambient-interier.cz/files/files/kalafakoduxikabevem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c871a8a1d86---26702017047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-brand.net/userfiles/files/jololodorobix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agenziadiviaggiocagliari.it/file/45831833015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danguykhoidoanhnghiephp.vn/Upload/files/21250414786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e46636c87c70386138cc0b035732f08/lebizuripaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d398b8060836cc513e14794d086bf657/88126118790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/miboguvilononogipeduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609553fc29a96---17500714465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/20003075140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087646cb4f93---kenavelolesawanumibogasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/lunaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/zumawegusasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d2dgroup.net/upload/files/getagapapekuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/732095ddd71db234436286046a5ef596/pipobosipufanusadusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polins.org/public/userfiles/file/44912121403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=poemas+de+clementina+suarez+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_off0000d6d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE8 22136 bytes
SHA-256: 74afd02e0a9b5d8aeb31f0739a11bf00f2ca891d7d2077419df54c9b510bdbbd
font_02_sfnt_off00012649.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12649 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 93ebf33db55d305a708cbc29c0573a1fc0663817ac937d1c4e80111c009785f4