Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a48d654bb0b2599a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-08-30 13:04:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 18fa4997eb75c649ad529f097b2938a3 SHA-1: d1fa7076ffbafd7f6d1bf44f316000bba9bf1ec5 SHA-256: a48d654bb0b2599a39316c1d698ea1325065ce000d81c39e2df003d850a9bbbf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classifiers also flagged it as malicious. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • 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 http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35790648853.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stattus.com/assets/file/tididagifelobufemafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffad1f1391---rebeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/31654726200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc4d9ade6a---muvowunaxunadevuludelapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92fcc00f96---69029089150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf21e626a82ac716198c081d64d4df9e/76518626246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/54020352345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed118dfa19b8e815503a4da2f4b86f13/52228137680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comlark.ru/userfiles/files/duwurugisogasipexewuxabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a1e6129495c3c058c92330e4895fda8/76189669410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smaransaving.com.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wewunopolosot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/76139790911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrybusiness-crm.com/ressource/devis-photo/files/83925104380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtechnocrats.com/upload/file/45213882949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edelstar-mos.ru/files/37459778877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k65p6kqbs8uu0eimc00qgjofhp/nogevuvopenakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609509692be27---45716741806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/tomiwelumavokuwapovoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/54354211746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://es21sys.com/userfiles/file/8263539803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76821317692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/foxekumul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=do+participants+get+paid+on+60+days+inPDF 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_off000108fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012115.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12115 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 91782d52af315c0be1f28411b2a3d0fa1888a8b49b08811264f191d79e370794
font_02_sfnt_off00013ac2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AC2 18172 bytes
SHA-256: 624536503331bdeea26049cdc52d63a8825f59da34ea50d083dfe6076288acc2