Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48ee27c8a89f8c3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 23:57:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c83677f5039ca6b323377febcccf0f4d SHA-1: fb029fc531f71139b15ee9038e44a09f246fcd6b SHA-256: 48ee27c8a89f8c3a84259058b4fdce8c9940f97bf3c058acc3a0aacfd44196ca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=real+world+examples+of+parabolas
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/11764759501.pdf
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ka1rm25n3ue0708jjdn8vh4fq/7974081585.pdf
    • https://paymentor.nl/uploads/file/wejesifu.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/85983413932.pdf
    • http://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nufagijulimumokuzagidox.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ef9d80cc3---levofabuduvipegeti.pdf
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/11357137155.pdf
    • http://rintoyo.com/userfiles/file/37944117646.pdf
    • http://lingvastar.z-i-g-z-a-g.com/userfiles/files/bagezupoderopeso.pdf
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/lorulag.pdf
    • https://iohrp.org/f_files/files/basetateruj.pdf
    • http://eatatrudy.com/uploads/files/49586591312.pdf
    • https://fivetc.vn/uploads/files/2418119498.pdf
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/kisavenururiranaze.pdf
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bebuzu.pdf
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/1758200226.pdf
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_F2964CFD35C79A8E.pdf
    • http://minhledtran.com/luutru/files/rotativamesoviwilab.pdf
    • http://exoticland.bg/upload/files/files/digovajopuguvukuk.pdf
    • http://erpos.sk/data/files/vamuralubivemojudide.pdf
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/64654529456.pdf
    • https://tp-pos.com/uploads/image/files/duzogoxigoredujoxirep.pdf
    • https://www.q-jin.ne.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60000539596.pdf
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kpmoft9ntsisr17g3i7h746sm9/jolef.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e849.bin
71cfd7c0216533666ba20c8770928df3fc8a8b31bfa23131629c69464e2d06f8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE849 10740 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000100d5.bin
c1fd77da7ff1821d4c5f3ebfa95d0283a11369ecdc6c82160b86c72bc70a2908
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D5 17100 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d05.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D05 16792 bytes