Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48e53a8381eff7ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:18:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 045d5d412d77c36b36f1d7a4fdbec2ce SHA-1: 4416815526a6df8e51f6116bce70fc082eb2a2a5 SHA-256: 48e53a8381eff7caf030b88dc91c8ec47cfc86fdbcbbe6047478b75af3c7694c
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 compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=examen+de+literatura+medieval+1+bachillerato+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://oilandgaswork.com/userfiles/file/70299733476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e6a07dc3d84bfcd144fc5929874e135/nofawogezazelidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/45018365569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/ridafiluwujasifawepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ea3b6d213---gubamogajema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/tirudizodewawuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghrnightinwhite.com/clients/7/72/721f26fb9237119891afe8d29dbdfc29/File/ludobawepumefunederafekam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/voliselojujofepow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3dbe9b7b3f---97583762184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/92910070877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65545484127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e647d8134e86f6fed7fdf93b5fc46d67/nenibiwulexalefodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16109cc75d9112---miwilimabupaxuxuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/gudefewuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.minaakshimajumdar.com/fckimages/file/38691782465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexxyin.net/files/fckeditor/file/40956307877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c036f598bb---42153097694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb8806a0e9---jogagare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d750066684---67127212939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/36180289795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/nolubaruxusumunuzonazek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pb-book.com/user_file/file/38015699941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e5117133c---radufapofizix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc17c2741d---16106673407.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_off0000ef07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF07 20336 bytes
SHA-256: 3dff5455a64391d292b10172debe8519e3d4e85099874689c681b6e497914a5e
font_01_sfnt_off000122ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122BA 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 32eb83d7c44ae0c604bee535419770da2ad364d4ad1f0f6f7d2238a73b9677dd
font_02_sfnt_off00013c62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C62 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1