Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a48dd6a44d7542b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:47:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 12e3c490c8b8091d5612e3cbe27d66cf SHA-1: 13f6580ae6eadc6176da5f77e5acda8f9d0f3409 SHA-256: a48dd6a44d7542b9aa1322c8bb470600b2d38132e0aa0cf4807aa37b14027489
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://cvssteelex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17380481526.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/7237129228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/67289710216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64b5122837---83764816460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607399f800601---bibinigazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861eb5603a7---zapivabademuxuwowerit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childconnect.com/swi/fckfiles//file/dusetukevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-familienanzeigen.de/cms/files/93533606407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjoilalng0joqm09b4kuijd7qt/89801944283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/57329844534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e9926e0fca---82346430269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bb8fb2a5a89---73149606687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25277191110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4a3869387f---60163842171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0eb2783a0d266142e0df2700b8318af/sotov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferien-in-zahren.de/images/file/48390952248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mujibedizukapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e9c3048399---muzoduwolar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ca8c6cb2e---29959542450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/zalaboviweralomiborimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/pewutoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d69a937123637d12ad64bee312cbc01/konizaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kriosispl.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31539291231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcc262b6f949bd5ca538df070649923f/gelovila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=derecho+de+autor+pdf+mexicoPDF 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_off0000e8be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8BE 10768 bytes
SHA-256: f1c188f406aafe1cdcf36f8862071bc4bfc69f3894f3c0f5914d8208a75e54a7
font_01_sfnt_off0001018c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1018C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001199e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1199E 18876 bytes
SHA-256: b3543a03cdbca4c07447eb9199d12a8f68f2a5af43f389775347d9382ced14dc