Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48c88ee4c48facde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 06:55:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 674a3ee8cbe89103f9b8ba680bee9547 SHA-1: cfe8df1a3eb9484e2194fe50e6c269052a665da3 SHA-256: 48c88ee4c48facdee8aed52a8fa287d2e2b6618b6c960fa1e6958558190b15a8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to exploit users through deceptive links, potentially leading to a phishing page or a second-stage download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9a1e753f6---95515581973.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a717cab72a1---42132666095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/bijakuwopaledu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085357b62c15---jetozufakigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071658551ced---potinigofamajawude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38891119891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/wagevofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ad440e737---puwukefesowagolifafeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be93c9a9de6---13879912531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/ledivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/wekotewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/9624121143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvmdigital.gr/files/files/81321324313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e2e743b7f---60642451251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86a5db44f5d6a3553e1b7cbdc7e6097b/6019585395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/xerelavixixifase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmshdrc27cmsl0vaehgm0g2r25/29908942999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akgnn4s4p9kcpr3ukjlaj4impr/wapakuwagotaruzuwogumiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903779b9808---gerised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/83562863259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a098422c1cbb6efc62ae0ebfacf1676/gelebolenatipufulume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e28daa52c---nemelinodarexofil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e76d6c0350---fuvigopuselan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=fast+and+easy+payday+loansPDF 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_off0000f0c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C1 17444 bytes
SHA-256: c712346027fb4cb82f4f0cc1a47a0052b6d00fcc42fcf3a4ac3ffc1a73df26ae
font_01_sfnt_off00011e81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13698 10284 bytes
SHA-256: 639e02391eb2a4dc1ceac55dade40aec7a3e7769a7ac0236e9eca0b790a6075f

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