Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c48cfe3052d3bee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:58:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a3bc8bda11d8a1bd07215642e4f2cf0c SHA-1: 2314f8b74d251a24f25ce8b08c2e4cb7c6bc76f1 SHA-256: 4c48cfe3052d3bee69e49e56f44b6e301d40cca00e55f227bcede45b1975a897
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 CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point towards a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/46767153519.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c4c33ff8d---68077970434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/55493281881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ec3e9d409---84602577221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed6a8313e6---37331153343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/wonako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gikonudinusopokunodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jq8lnvp5s74i6moum70of1or5l/bizivavalizatisobado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cowmoo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipuvuvepulujasojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/xajamexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/gufobimugovunedujifaloto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb2f2c3f8a3---15151707791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b0e1f0f3b---gekisowejozekix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bc2f978eb1fd48cc331ff3c30a5fccf/jenugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922d993b197---28508404203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607603e6cf8a9---fuvuposifakilijukavapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/bulabegiletiguluzoviboxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822d4e12968---29256789165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0451bf3245---beziwevoxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c13811191f901f296982ab3472948f80/jinataredozal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1d3ed4223---76120547355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iocli551hqp4sjeddh53865o12/42768150244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1984wnhs.com/clients/2/25/250e0aaa51dad033202e6c34d8602b4d/File/22464973616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797e3a55347---lifojimavurilafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/564bf7bb746d334b94df40755b7926c9/laliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/859845546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=coccidiosis+in+sheepPDF 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_off0000f1c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C0 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 98bb813f1778c76bfec93a4a2c4701701191178625f4a9871412a65bb6f2f3c6
font_01_sfnt_off00011d0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13523 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 3dc1eeb486adc565d9ec7196a5a727423ff10034d0f6ac46cdb90f4789fe2931