Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b48b412a8363c010…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 13:29:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1f50ab58d516928ff4b10760d5ba7eec SHA-1: 8a081b3ebf023d7379842f86dda46f611c2b2ebe SHA-256: b48b412a8363c0103694485b9ea24bf2cb9a24dc51336396715db415a4a14534
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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 http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/4809151906.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c2c36cbfb---96708744886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0649d6f01---sofafajevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/73082928143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607767f17d542---23481379942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00uu23eep95qc9uvnun5o8ls2k/kuwesobagex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607839728c082---xibuwedubawokuwenagexawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce2c517dbe013c105dad8cbc5ae1c3bb/50890213569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2a3ae357b---79717478075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/5152629821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b88b83c57f---zevuvujufogesuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf51f646bcaa99b3f1358fa4fb57790f/xesugoluzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexdisinfestazioni.com/userfiles/files/wupiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae5d2faa769d490f2eed7a6d5e832bf3/jamelaxikitedizoxusugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kme.pl/global/app/webroot/uploads/file/16239839127646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/limozoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bnblspecialities.com/userfiles/files/xexirovovijozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j365jae8gauq6v62md8jghar35/88720016142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/66645967223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49daa5ac8bb8002aa6cc25b49fceda8d/92850623765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dae5dc89574---zozoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb138fe4b2cbdc0f33eb9a2ff23783ba/ferirabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28f28da613d370bf45e487d68f0ff5a4/15509361281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d22eed6d52b64d29982e11a5995047d/vunigazowam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5bf97e8ce7---64525031627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=enigma+in+tagalogPDF 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_off0001395d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1395D 18576 bytes
SHA-256: 6708c007b50632d1a29286f4fe1104e63fcb3c8f557897b2d13ee043a493080e
font_01_sfnt_off00016920.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16920 10032 bytes
SHA-256: 146238a9cab38a33f81c8a050a3642055321fcc9821f9aa27302508b3f00359c
font_02_sfnt_off00017f56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17F56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1