Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a48437fa504e61c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:19:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 88aa16cdeb05ed25ee9b140c68317bee SHA-1: bd9700289046e19685691ac0091deb2923f7fc01 SHA-256: a48437fa504e61c51d95e778ab48ee67b326b11ab12b78cbfbcbed02bb4d07bb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or engage in SEO manipulation. The presence of numerous distinct hosts and URLs indicates a broad distribution effort.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762fb8dc8c5---pamipagu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jsq8ka4321kgd88lqu76sfecd/27934671252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feeg6nv9pm5e6f8l8gkuj57tt5/kuposavelumepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/mebusuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/86587931861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uvlfrnfp7caq7sd5t7trq5dak9/kunuvufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c7149fee5---90190602345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/gazigeken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shavers-boles.com/clients/7/73/73b1ad2e2c85410b7b015c0c79a6caf4/File/lojuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740ac3c7612---92987003986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov7uhv5vu4c36lrmhsmfv2cge0/41094232125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonforville.be/documents/file/43189483995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae32e64ac1---doparodisiwijijorikoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789ff1b155f---naxejebuzexezugojode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a4d40513e---vonupiguwajawadukewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a21a8cb2d3527dbe86fbb3c6a8496e53/42263183348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609838aa63b94---65554642160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4e65515675---solajol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d2c1b051b74a04c92ed167ceb958f1a/78689690303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cecdc9d6a66b27650bf4f8987c1a71d/larulipejufonub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755b67095a1---51931817053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb42b73795---jedugumutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/8297833759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/37813336194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=still+breathless+after+cardioversionPDF 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_off0000eb23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001033a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033A 10856 bytes
SHA-256: c72ae8fa922fe892d0d2fbf7aa0cc6fb1d8fc2a19da8b08ed5abeb54b0537c6f
font_02_sfnt_off00011c36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C36 19248 bytes
SHA-256: 8d74d486951978d604ab17e483ce4bb62ea1288a7041a6d974852707d6448fef