Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48d789c002120940…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 10:15:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5e65b106d122453b1661bf8e3692b43b SHA-1: d70cff7ce82bc26d2cd5a6be360bb2aef29858ae SHA-256: 48d789c00212094071746d8541f5b332a337cb99c217bd02423a4c7fa5c85267
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or trojan payload. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://schnauzermountainminiatures.com/clients/17729/File/15529444395.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21827403595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zigoromeveligapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d272d739a9---numefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d441e91c6ba---mosulijiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ba04bf9920ea3d7b95a23c0f823f3e4/misevowuzasezoxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb82bd65b11d9a52b199cae0ec112ce6/larimejaxabowubafixafodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0c69194acf69a8b7146493a604001b4/gidovebazidixarigos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/52171942621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4483ec65f---16876407480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbleg.com/admin/userfiles/files/33006547533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.naabelectric.com/userfiles/files/zezejadudotodim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d367b2284f8---rilozidapibafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/tedujebukefanuxasurivoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taskentcompany.com/userfiles/file/41064132668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f9d0c5f66---murijebotawevaxapoxabipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/tuvefimudatisenusepiwifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/4010717203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutphinsgermanshepherds.com/clients/21958/File/97337721473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/65528651560ac5acfa9b27.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piau-po21inn.com/CKEdit/upload/files/jivumekiburiseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/xapagogete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c046270419e65d6969826633690241b1/mumeposafilufezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/16077766902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=threw+up+in+my+mouth+meaningPDF 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_off0000daf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF1 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 0537dd3d8a6653509e4d74b5e2bdff727f542787f3722c46a548730f8c7b1234
font_01_sfnt_off0000f389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF389 19284 bytes
SHA-256: b99dc5bd9c0ede537f57cc85f57899ae59e89749ec25586c01704d43699a192d
font_02_sfnt_off000124c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1