Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a48da2547bc99a09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:56:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ee15874a6b28af783763f8742925607e SHA-1: db7e05da3e5146619b81fb03556db5aa0b479f7f SHA-256: a48da2547bc99a092caf9c4d20329d677f3223135530ed6234fd15437c7d3a11
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm structure, with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure suggests the primary attack pattern is to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://rajatotogroup3.com/contents/files/89005616301.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1882122fc82a9cea363160a7ac477428/wiwewiranibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/46446318087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f816e2c1b6e9f550961eb6d131c19b3/tizisusowevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tornyanggrace.com/upload/file/xobuzugen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7p6gkn7hghru5difi9gampe59c/tekofafuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/76323777199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfc8b4f2f1---dorovenikirilubixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingteye.com/upload/files/zekomubejirakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surrattsville69.com/clients/8/81/8122276c22396d7fa0996010cc369f50/File/posasawelojajilevamafamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/31717642421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/dasira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frisch.ro/files/file/vomutawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/67850839898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/68121451848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.le-domaine-de-hauterive.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudebazoriwikotuzijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverk.ru/img/lib/file/87621075023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jspqbc6cinvcb3bobgpbv1c2s5/gasomepetigexufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33dddskh8q0ngdq29s670gojpi/17121606700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608091e4eff4c---wujejejekovixiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9751b81df907c3edd6906b89fb1e6dc7/jixefugewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandparkoptimum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovoxugafapowoboji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/45596969185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k2plusinterior.com/userfiles/64662889933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=fear+of+flying+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000e946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE946 18852 bytes
SHA-256: ed3c24a20d99ff8ea03736b369d49d810523697cb7d0db0f26e2388df8c797cf
font_01_sfnt_off000119fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013214.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13214 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 35cc5c7338f55d09b3605215a7f33e89dabd2637060bd312b77dcecbdf9fccca