Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a048eb9b934b57dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:12:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 60bd32fe79ec38864707f06a2319c0d9 SHA-1: f8c55c82fc608105032bf076312bc0f3c5306efa SHA-256: a048eb9b934b57dd6209bf1eeafe0b1a8a85dabdb7a5fe2b82bfe65ed76b52ac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are associated with link farms and compromised WordPress uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware disguised as legitimate files. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external links suggests a downloader or phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://dbmotorbrokers.com/userfiles/file/52736773157.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c38ec360a---10548345481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/vimuxukelepilifabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnampte.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/pozamudemugujozigule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c3868b2ad1e4a1f4f9695da6663eb1b/bonobifidukojilumibudofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwangallant.com/uploads/files/202109071902231294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96298665986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/zivigufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armour-technoz-ca.otzol.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tesijejadosodoxisowew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p226a0rocrnli66vpoc1jm9alq/77368154643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210907152347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lijetutim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/46493316834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87e95e9142e2f678cc7f57883bbb8eee/65806153757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecole.ru/text/images/file/57370708829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ixiu-23.com/uploads/files/202109051847219719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398081ce165---nivuteti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/82395704928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents/files/lisuxiluvovezifijepatode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indoshaolinkungfusociety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26996630640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/gikuxugisubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dcbf6b3fe74900968e1a9dde99c10aa/63883665631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161332c11abba5---sozedigolatatikoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtravel.clickis.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_A57507846931108F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gta+v+mobile+file+apk+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_off0000e13d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE13D 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 0f85dfa2baa85634c83050b7dcb31be37e35694bfe4f7b423f07ea460562ffb5
font_01_sfnt_off00011085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11085 10816 bytes
SHA-256: ebab79f944d3f48270a33b5aeb195b1f23fc0fd89e79fcbf6df0bec9634f44a1
font_02_sfnt_off0001294d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1