Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a48a8dc4668a64bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 15:31:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 20f148023c6974949401455007844a39 SHA-1: 185bd8aacfaf8630467248476db770a122cfc506 SHA-256: a48a8dc4668a64bbf46353a7b6b3a7f0b2fc1579952e2434b40db6d219778539
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious websites for phishing or to download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mha+season+5+ep+9 PDF link annotation
    • http://unstitchedfootwear.net/files/file/21346855692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340a5a80afd---7718901320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613602630bd08---29911113159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/gemajabudujixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojadikafajobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongyuemedia.com/filespath/files/20210907200911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/zoxepezesoxufijezip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamxmpharmatech.com/upload/files/63535981255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/13967152379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wych123.com/upload/files/36881165052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11ca0dd145830469a4a5671dbab2450e/22488673347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netart.hu/userfiles/file/3074432540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneiro-sa.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77522274845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlevitin.ru/fck_editor_files/files/29562842554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sooryasales.com/uploads/file/jinebokirulogulip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tauthuy.vn/upload/files/lurasapexotisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidramaco.com/files/files/96973031796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modamoda.nl/uploads/pic_lib/file/pelokabobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adesso-moosburg.de/images/file/32962351324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps.org/userfiles/files/2811280422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vers-ma.de/userfiles/file/xevaseferodurivotitanitow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fo-prefectures.com/pages/files/46549658166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/45754028833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/40070172533.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_off0000d0e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0E0 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 9b26554b5b923333e3e9a160686f5c59c7e0f1809a3ec15ec7c5a364480940ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000e816.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE816 18084 bytes
SHA-256: 26b5326f44444bc9e5a07a2804b90e14af838d4ca78aad505a1d2b80e2eb1bbc
font_02_sfnt_off00011726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11726 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1