Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48c31721da7d6c6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-10-05 09:49:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 64bb1c63c63e78fdf3f99470c7486af7 SHA-1: 3aa480ae22977b0d4631195cc66543f3dcb4f684 SHA-256: 48c31721da7d6c6ee71cc4f3e81a7307dfe4da24cfb20ac1fe53d3c04a8d8463
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, it features a large number of external URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=way+to+the+quran+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613adce661caa---40919593832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanomax-nsk.ru/images/3524615120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseowon.com/ckupload/files/xoxoduseluxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nexapos.com/upload/files/5876250344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/muvanedewamadow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxish.com/ckfind_image/files/fiwumefikikewaweba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobhendrix-law.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gikikisopadikenagijuron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ancient-theater.gr/media/file/25158445912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profitoolinfo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37959385179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimaglobal.net/ckupload/files/41329476411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70649878033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brbud.pl/userfiles/file/95647041012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1af56e7a54170fa470f25e9e2383dd2e/26128084929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irodaszer.lukinserv.hu/file/xedulodoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/nenotirovijefoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daonshop.com/files/fckeditor/file/31878508293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/turidodaverixujosokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvatoria.by/UserFiles/files/14096776919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/funut2jfo4vp1iq8e1oqtlckj3/fovarisetobamupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaditrading.com/userfiles/files/jofuforomurirab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowozepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villalapinetafavignana.it/userfiles/files/9057168955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreadramatour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210929_0477598B7AD48E8A.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_off0000e410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE410 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 86b1b47233ba655273527d743d7177d99208a2bc2f0b74b189836b5ac1bc2c2e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC29 18652 bytes
SHA-256: e505a070366d112ab6a0e40c8569b588a327bc911c5b91fab886b33828301c58
font_02_sfnt_off00012cec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1