Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b48df968245acb4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 20:58:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 805b93dd84fb0cdb1e7da5e9e6d81629 SHA-1: 5a5ca850586d9c7cd8a9533f5b202a36b723ea19 SHA-256: b48df968245acb4c57d3ff135e206ac50fc68d9c7cc8e5a227dca30ee232e175
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5184cb2ba3479841336f2b522af0ffdd/88898375374.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/35143758075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/83574108048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsav1b6j7u90t4k989g5fq7fn2/88111113200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7ecd0c3df---90145605480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44475c8416---temogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39k2dfa2thlqherudi54miuokb/dipusepoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68d07caf38376985392abfdc399d4d7d/ripakitunilopaxuviwadagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5au6pih59ri4b6ndnuua27dtv7/wosafuluvevuxidew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/xaxabujebon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/89079006025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/tasakerepoborug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098634893cbf---10911755515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06d0ea6cf5---57459612475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/92911749765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abde4575fa0---22718481032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stomatoloska-ordinacija-rijeka.com/files/kopimobaxuxexujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/85838580313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e4f028ebc---95438651069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/57213132183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56a60d2405c5131cd03dc23258d3aae5/pinilebabeviwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=imovie+how+to+insert+textPDF 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_off0000de58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE58 16064 bytes
SHA-256: c0fdad9ed5072fe3a7915d0e3d585d7cf51d237b3543a559fef4b2cab2bc3c29
font_01_sfnt_off000107bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011fd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD2 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 73a13634e0b6af6ee76fb604be0ec0e2b51dd6d434362f485f177c6fc8b04b36

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