Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c48a3bdee6c982c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 20:47:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 133da0e62df4559bfce3ec1fa15ef2f3 SHA-1: 6ae789defab36c0f6cfd948757db1d92b928b3e5 SHA-256: c48a3bdee6c982c0ff4b35bcc4f35fc13102e16f885a7ce446f2e5ed07eb192d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=set+it+up+full+movie+online PDF link annotation
    • http://it-hair.com/userfiles/12862982420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/53915521400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nulifeus.com/~nulife/userfiles/file/19930559960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickendaylacrescenta.com/uploads/files/jefizefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/60071577594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valenciamaids.com/userfiles/files/62622516271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlmahtani.com/userfiles/files/xomevejagiloverizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubigroup.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/87497133183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/50071651639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01d22da250d0196ae9bfab3ed345d94d/84429122845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d91e91e436a785db18d94d1a1084533/34648298334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/1351629127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitcaribe.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tamenimakavagudamab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/bevarupesejarebulekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ags-car.com/upload/files/90583486912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snuhonors.com/userfiles/file/kijorowujivinod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://073741256.com/uploads/files/202109131714389196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a8ja74cdi9mibpt2rs19pkei7/xalevixafuzaxuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/78118437432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9a6f0e804---6342089586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/In PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d3e351d84---sudugudawijumavoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumewejupowiwawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jungleflightchiangmai.com/Uploads/files/45014352940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jezirka-biobazeny.cz/UserFiles/File/jevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD242 10332 bytes
SHA-256: 9b8cdc21ca0765c54e94d0b99eb4ad28d9726ea4886471163b56eec71575341b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e98b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE98B 17452 bytes
SHA-256: 69e5d417714b271ba401dd4f2f8fa48acb85d0a43696f4a093eb24184317beac
font_02_sfnt_off000116bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1