Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a48852af1bc14603…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:31:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 06786511abacce18fd92e8f6fd2a861a SHA-1: f5384a36b22bbb3e9a3d036033c09b4a5a5f0ea8 SHA-256: a48852af1bc14603e4bf1bbcfaf626e177335950f69d287dc63ecc2e11a82dc1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host further PDF files. This suggests a multi-stage attack, likely involving social engineering to trick users into opening the initial PDF and then clicking through the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a68814ad5---miboxadewubiraligid.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/85265158869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607109c9b4010---majusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andersonlawdecorah.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gopanufexupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f968748125---xorunewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/3412097956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heatandgas.com//EditorImages/file/26683966847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1acbpobggs.xn--p1ai/data/files/zovetodijepotuburefave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb127b29436---zafudiwakepajaferawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d75be0465---sonozezopakikimirab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bddad36e7c0---juzewovebimubipisadin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4c8504358---wosaxijuvatonenorol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/78867120745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungruangsteel.com/public/upload/userfiles/files/fevozoleludezareramif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f43cb3396a---zigijuwenabulopizanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/36803400478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://innovaciones-plasticas.com/imagenes_cont/sitio/documentos/13791901632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cv-vezouze.fr/media/file/3246829398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/17547187700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f337482171a49f763176ebeeb4c52f0b/18836071394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/61936363901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/94776866653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/6959297305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=alimentacion+saludable+para+ni%C3%B1os+pdf+peruPDF 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_off0000d9bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9BD 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 80ceeb46da464802f4324d6ff8fd76f25dbe709f6b2be1f27e1e6b0b82cec57f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f37c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF37C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8E 19204 bytes
SHA-256: c004aa6cc1b5a472454a3fc674132fc414c76a4efdb60a1ab2be2cc04b16defc