Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48dd4dbe9755e215…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 22:23:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2b07298218e02b4bc8a072da52113c5f SHA-1: 3ddb18ce3e78300593da369b10557cbda5fe8d9a SHA-256: 48dd4dbe9755e215acfbfba5095162b79bb03711449b88d56d767e42226bd26b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable or compromised domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wipaphun.com/UserFiles/File/zudajolasu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://viajesalaos.com/webroot/img/files/fodadeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/ruzosorezus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcc4bc236908d7ad5164b2d3749c2b98/1877948831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbpcpentecostalchurch.com/clients/65183/File/nuwulenoxogogevidukeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyn-koe70.de/obrazky/file/rebipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/126b9d320663f3c8f53d180d255b329f/88963761288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumoinoi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4723101443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/198bbf65b1300f1146a0924168fe9730/6000141817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68grsbgsupev4avlprrsjjm0a4/13233952255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2f2d5a10f3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostaninsaat.com/image/files/fewedofelalojenoxivapade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hmh.sk/files/articles/file/wikalolasonokika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088747207562---3962009190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ddb06c677f---91587201830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/fuzus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2766f32c39f288d48fd53d4aa781f20/leripejuvovijigaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ugo9297pl45954ttouku901gg0/ruzodeboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082faef841fd---78906371348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771bd4b429e---42106532523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727e702bebb---94589189264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/22457259074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satuldelut.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/kozawumuwinoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtdbnq8gulth19t3truf4bio68/32611591887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/pavumozuzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ways+to+say+i+love+youPDF 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_off0000eb8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB8C 10168 bytes
SHA-256: a84dc5194aedf27ef76d0de3302ef2a08a7cba0410eb2d6ae37a8c1af2cd6d90
font_01_sfnt_off00010280.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10280 17148 bytes
SHA-256: 29747643c2369eb095ba93a24e819a7ad54e091d163d843097149cb67ee0fabf
font_02_sfnt_off00012f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1