Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 508a48ce83e0a917…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-20 03:42:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3833f8738a575dfd6abe7ae30f671d50 SHA-1: 81e702aa3dedbc3a301c420fa5924db17addd260 SHA-256: 508a48ce83e0a917942edd61564385c5ea2141975cf23da90c39802886ce7525
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF payloads. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8359e419ee---89221555245.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dlfc761va383t9undghekr15cr/menegunusuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/nikijerorigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/wakazofuzex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d6c3766b3---85521300539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/54845084750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/17621185335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73e9383ea4---95475718100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c940f2ae041de13e6a69e71973566f2/tedetisudedetenijofonize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/53951485334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863a27af3a8---zejukagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efecf3e31c---27217081764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e6303e46d---29296005566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969de287c8d---sepaxoparunagivor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aebfc2a6411---9369898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f15cd7c1da8---95422229876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7057d02742d133855a8f150435b7b11/femabimutekibexum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/menewitenivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/joxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/exivopowowufivoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffea08aaccf946f957dc82797709a613/39699745633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/vifunozijisafegiwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/luferamubavukogewogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/58668996452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c00f04c760---1945972958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=renal+threshold+for+glucosePDF 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_off0000f7e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7E6 17660 bytes
SHA-256: 30a2cc6c06cf61d93abab51d5d646a257d0984ba99a3199fbdbb638b18afac0a
font_01_sfnt_off000125df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DF 10808 bytes
SHA-256: a37fb2884530fefe2c5077167107165d5eff15cddba854efa09caa36adc52b7d
font_02_sfnt_off00013e94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1