Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48fdbb7b8ad24e8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-08-08 13:12:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f900304e1a0e8e1f327afa256fdaac7c SHA-1: a4abe5e77263f014ba23f2e8138aac3db89e29d0 SHA-256: 48fdbb7b8ad24e8f205dc1d5bac4f6e536b8c618fddca0b81b2cc4a3fe322979
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://sdds.be/userfiles/file/21473187962.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/pufimizexexaxogopiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09b45269f9ce80cc32fa4c53aea78ad1/83522357790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadclassof1991.com/clients/c/cc/cc689d7a74a098ef67b43942063c7ff9/File/sikosabevugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/94209180543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/junexopiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/wijukatiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/rugufuzigugen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47304576310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/25573579593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/2299005776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/zufedudunizavepinenixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jubileejec.com/userfiles/files/vefebowojologotatetezogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faprosid.com/file/susebawabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/87582912408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69276994618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/wokasunowetudureze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7cc32dc82f---23389811069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b902a59d78---28832574855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86996294819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074975d7fc8f---35462001450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pauseforserenity.com/clients/1/10/1002a5d8b3740fc7390aa1937d1ec3ed/File/tivaxovekumuroxixujoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3900b5dbdf---8344177275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec9de3e373e87f1e5521162d086548cf/toxapakudijikepamawufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+ser+estar+hay+pdfPDF 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_off0000d84b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD84B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF062 10792 bytes
SHA-256: c5554e2af5bf7a23577393b962b8b995074cc1befc1238da0b0c891915917429
font_02_sfnt_off0001095c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095C 17308 bytes
SHA-256: 97c043e6fe7d1712e6a5486bc69a08dbeff7301d918dcc910e0c64a5a711444c