Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48c6eb51c150f3c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 15:00:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f0e6485787e34ce08b5e0c8d61d4149f SHA-1: dfae3240202368ab75d6ae084e2bd5f14ebec6cc SHA-256: 48c6eb51c150f3c4ce07c7f5257259a6194ffac7eb22c4902bb5125c3e3929ef
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, some of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=temple+run+2+with+unlimited+coins+and+gems PDF link annotation
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/nebamewutufavasajadif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gopatanugisamob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosonnguyenthanh.vn/webroot/userfiles/files/94788410484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/keniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventpro-kontraktorpameran.com/uploaded/files/47997426693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/37820602754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/14033314623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48392fee6cf3d176913bef6104e58845/medibavaxetavojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdsps.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/61609779402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meditopthailand.com/file/zizizafapevig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioboscono.it/userfiles/files/21042999335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/59637627704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25fca1edf0c794da52441996cff043d7/59183643543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613133193f970---zozopibupovopurabot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6de3a1208---fegujodafabekorizelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunmoon-glory.com/web/upload/files/katumex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krallarintavugu.com/upload/file/gupawezajoturudajesazirum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vabefidibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/nixeburekopox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/81067736545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/kutapekobebomegejixewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/36251501290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341a97a0f85---77579671536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitchdecor-construction.com/user_img/files/kotinumodosisomigepodavik.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_off0000df6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF6C 17484 bytes
SHA-256: f1c544d2cd33834edbbd70a46d1c0dc5c312adead1d9707d0a7f3bfa8bd0ecbf
font_01_sfnt_off00010c06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001241d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1241D 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 765f52baeda063aeda66e5ed0072dea2e230e55590b26a1bbc3fca41d7cfdc47