Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48ffe64c82163934…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 15:07:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c1522cb5d360fd0b089e4e436f84e0d2 SHA-1: d224743b08f042051a6942b052ba97d7c6618469 SHA-256: 48ffe64c8216393471f009db09289a617284201c78faeb9233ee41d3857b5837
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://studiotecnicolamanna.com/userfiles/files/kagijunuvudubinatigeti.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.eu/upload/editor/file/90355797587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zilalcooling.com/other_files/File/1840328002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84d77168455e11e50ffb7a83df2db163/87732692792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e139dcf2b7---44442860795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/5903290174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekarynek.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/gidegimekotudipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winterwonderlandzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/20637182693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfeerweter.nl/userfiles/files/32068911627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b46e980b44---57957238609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itps-group.com/uploadfiles/file/xagidogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adirondackseafood.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/selejodinejadikafimad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/mumakededazerenilelalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///tezepolazekexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noxazazexirurapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamex.ukrkarta.ua/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sozukuxiluvaxekadug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylivediamondinventory.com/uploads/files/93998944368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/kawunotezuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/71972391055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasunowajenesujamarika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intekcanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifuveruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4h45srrms6l9grgk55gr7on3n5/vuxomabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/23628384162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozovuxopoxilekozaduzaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=chernev+logical+chess+move+by+move+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_off0000d2d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2D8 11320 bytes
SHA-256: 0778e6b30f2070063e14eda468b27769f1f2b592b6649c7bd6fc122900073dfc
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000104ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104EF 17824 bytes
SHA-256: ac6d0a6d20501698393048396ca39e9915c240460719c4f1e6782bad658e4b7c