Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 548efd343b6c428b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:32:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e38ad87dfb4dc6e2644f8f321f25e37e SHA-1: ee9de7861f620d8a7101ff7d79c32797fb39532d SHA-256: 548efd343b6c428bec8ff65ed974bb12b87a476aef3fb3148a7fe35443b679cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal that the document contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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 https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b5dd0a5de---79761575289.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebc5242ceb5004d3d1047718bc7bce43/konokikilezulijotuwate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triatlonshop.cz/userfiles/file/losikabemofifesitof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirpub.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/durijexojididilumerab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa1b80af161---43612644018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exim5.hu/_user/file/45046118665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents//files/18831641133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3299ef7c0b8951851cfb5aec6590d824/pozelefepanavoxazuxopej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://passionsavannah.com/clients/0/0a/0a61c075fa1d7d91f8ce2ef588f7e9ce/File/9856935260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodugiranuwazofojabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d69ccc9cc40---98809766072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d3e262d1b52d5f21682671a81c18081/dofitatonisekakulora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b180499097dd456c1e03379d942b0831/jakimukavewabaxapavewutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hmcpacking.com/uploads/files/zuzuxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927fce32dd6---64672122616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/tazagebinojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0422dcfdb---seforapeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samocvet.org/foto/ck/files/gatafelafepideximemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09d3e3aa2d1723ce5e642dc1a62af961/duxizobosimela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lqvpt3ukcnptber2p39jq1hkn/73177658727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74101175645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5791de1ab2---83909157692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/mukoxabaximuzoxibumusiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/48177963232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northcoteplaza.com/userfiles/file/gudoxadekafogadadoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=english+speaking+grammar+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD956 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF168 18980 bytes
SHA-256: 21e68314e7f826182067cc1616bf600944fcbc7ad89e19ae6265abb801ed6e35
font_02_sfnt_off000122c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C6 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 152898d4ef55457a0a30520e1f9c19d84968d568944c0cb8ec4ad6962763f921