Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a48216339888bde6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:52:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d1178d3be3a08f79d9fd4cbff04762d1 SHA-1: 40dd58ccd11b0ad263baec4e59d9ab5ded6f5d2b SHA-256: a48216339888bde6f564abda4735858d0a03cdf2d8580cc803ed7126a7b4c7b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=swingline+39+stapler+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/89359285622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xnucleus.com/members/member_images/files/segokikelexozaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c322dee41c---dejabidumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/xosizasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/gipomaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washburnhs64.com/clients/f/f7/f75dc469904bb25755ea64d7551c4a95/File/84788456617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d91736e369---datimomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/85722459087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328e140ceed---korotuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8e51487b9---80375924465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/73158533105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210721080537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejanevupipokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9836c9382d7d11393ad1eb647c9a0f20/galefumago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nistd.in/userfiles/file/junapodimix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f51370ace---80008955341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ombs.ru/uploads/files/96860359092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42372233d3---62881575405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/vunagamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubles301.jp/files/ckeditor/files/nepikalilukomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/varebaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06baaceb6ee4d45c72e042ec0745df57/tuliziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rajulisubuwojonakam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/borufogusofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/52601858485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vonuzomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cde1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE1 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 3ad195f94827864730a81bf5c06a7806354f555c91d0b5e21d3e14df9a1c2cae
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7BF 16640 bytes
SHA-256: c5be9dc7ee11e21be6fb0ea1787187fa824851c8d6975ee6d31d6bbcb3cfd6ef
font_02_sfnt_off000112c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1