Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48fdeade6eafdbc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 04:08:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 71978a8e730712197345fccc83dba4ac SHA-1: 4b3a0a658cb1d1bf240b25a13bfa62f94794e396 SHA-256: 48fdeade6eafdbc4bf72be143e5666c2185af323cafdd4c9d8e5c5b73d7a46d2
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. These URLs likely serve as download locations for further malicious payloads or phishing pages, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9756

Heuristics 6

  • 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 https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/72246694007.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/pasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fdf407898---bulajusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/83595197600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774f2cd6f73---vexitupamenavetoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/kebozupixamifibunezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c81c17e525---roxiziwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a98aaca60aad0bb6c3f4c7ec7639183b/10696727839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f9da0e7e83033653d4e198cd3c2bd6/36011118569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fftj676su06so4nbsvm7e7i4sm/xefixotezedobilupesinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc8f8aa7f4---25009671531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovegabal.net/fckeditor/_upload/file/xutopunizokoliwijimofuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/serafulajidezemite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dabd52d5c1---kimamirukexojubuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/78318658539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607979491e41b---63141770753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210610125401079034rmamvs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d07c1fabe---31521761036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88d5eb4a49d553d1211e316999bfee7d/zabuveranapegudilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a484ecca2---84497986820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965058be8b9---35183604582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31e97eaa94---velaromanulanimurexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/nelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/86116195608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1fcf30793a3d959730eab24c1c41f97/32647349028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinijewelry.com/userfiles/file/tobumisurowutunelogeruned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=journal+of+hospitality+and+tourism+managementPDF 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_off0001b385.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B385 18320 bytes
SHA-256: 5058c796d63a5e19b7d41c807165763eab57dabbbcfc727195b51b35af896c24
font_01_sfnt_off0001e344.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E344 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 12567979b8fd83e2f986306d421eae634ecd3c3a93bc66d780f5324c5605a5ca
font_02_sfnt_off0001fcf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FCF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1