Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c48014fa0ec8aa13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:18:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: bb07709d538e71c0ac9e887264dfdc8d SHA-1: e8632c3273f2d427a3d51f96b0acd27f348e5124 SHA-256: c48014fa0ec8aa134360107a687ea8fa24e8b27228d364e9ef5982a0f7ad0c51
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains multiple embedded URIs, some pointing to IP addresses and others to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links and the overall structure align with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a08d88184374a828c4d0c262d5dc930/9651962373.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/33851907847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/90330252223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/sajugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsi-international.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wajutosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtokapriz42.ru/userfiles/file/seduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/25243380737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/55424779207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5100bb891835056a939c761bbfb716c6/gulafulimupewufizase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smjq63osvsa3ogg1185qu99i29/26333487551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/foravewomavose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasgearon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vadotabuxejowavalefulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nmways.com/uploads/fckupload/file/kabuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/tetufozugopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/slid4aqj8imkugfcvm9qp20cf5/74091057090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/59495269901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af0de2e200---mikajasilewekukebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfc965e1e20c77aac6edaba201fdf709/jexotegomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e41eaff17a5e7e7e4d03f01dc8aec27/mivatonuduwexubodutonux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/5477057424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/88067240178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3a5ggks6uv5ielfa19m7vs9u6/54103770843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/vijazekijetavisig.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=success+international+english+skills+for+igcse+fourth+edition+answersPDF 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_off0000c622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC622 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000de39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE39 11108 bytes
SHA-256: e0698118c6e74a13d5bac111e2d6c450a0c1303f49c95c2e982bb66bb6a11b6f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7E6 18592 bytes
SHA-256: ba574ef07ce817a4785e1a6c2d323d6687173b55a6a423e0783bdb5325240d41