Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48d2f3583474f73a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:52:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 8b30831b22f862f6cfa8a9b676dc9256 SHA-1: 16e3ad0a4e1f2f7bccf3d52c4ea80ea48273614b SHA-256: 48d2f3583474f73a7c7681f7723a3c524f01ecf76623ac86b7a8565d93236e81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to drive traffic or host malicious content. The embedded JavaScript and extensive link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jobs+with+great+work+life+balance PDF link annotation
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mhhr0jmdpfaor6o144lneinf3n/zexobakaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/62469503354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/monebetibazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/18613035571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070528538b25---17583021533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ugu9n0409hkppce5sc5frga82/muzominiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/ritamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/146422ecf5f49403a0ead063050a7420/13909169946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franzoesischebulldoggen.eu/userfiles/file/mejewarexuregabolaxumipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608611c55e594---17253675814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/23180332751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/werekipibizoridobivubote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86ac545600c29061ccabfb17b8389ae1/salopuxuvekafevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/radepeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meta-min.com/files/44339196446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55e7afca05bc1eb9c77273030c43b340/voxuzavejavakaditew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786da3d85ab---64995203779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/25143117920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a99071a1a3---gojofonexexonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longearedhounds.com/clients/65743/File/fumetoliralokejusudejom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c2bc7b0c47ddc1eaab2b9098962b26d/51993545292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0697351001624244757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53806221997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608032b1a2c6d---sijosufifimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tigukofekufitigetaxav.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_off0000f7d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D2 17388 bytes
SHA-256: cccaf003818543a129c1302dda95a84aa113bbfdf659fbd8236549b1c07a32e8
font_01_sfnt_off0001253f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1253F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D56 10924 bytes
SHA-256: ee9123b7d5943d8c48ea693808450562f3cca2d1d3235efcb05adf0f81c07918