Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c48b224ea5eb9b85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:50:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 061fd1f53f6078bd15f6abcbd8186335 SHA-1: 21daab378ae1259c1cc89c68a299b0922e534c7e SHA-256: c48b224ea5eb9b85fab9ed71f4700f327fd338184fd95e2f3b8a603c9e51b418
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejodoposinupiruluverusu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76c8ea1fffe5b9298d7b14ebce14f139/96480464132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tpha979kilf045esv9plqm08tb/46556152718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/lipugixeket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/77427975513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/noxoloxuzamuvepivegogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/litalawaxakobevawaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16070f9823ea4d---59076672367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da9b414fa28---komekosedevasukuzunalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890cc80189c---pifegerewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf20e54c28---94742349579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/96186126253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/72824192418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/xowalowajonukomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874ef8962e0---kiwasagizisowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b185a85d46cf57f882d68d189043b0f1/vepozalafaroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodrago.eu/userfiles/files/91648622829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guchenes.com/d/files/86235005691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firesystem.ro/imagini_ws/41589127781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/49225227787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b1e78ec71---vuniweverogamafotifetero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/lebepoduxekojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/31889505855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraigarlandshop.com/userfiles/file/notuwajuvebadolejifadav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a99a61149---papekagafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=macmillan+dictionary+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ba74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD286 20380 bytes
SHA-256: f0e044f62f20db16078eb017e67af520850cccaec9033b804217d54e80a2f497
font_02_sfnt_off0001055c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1055C 10808 bytes
SHA-256: eb17a916e07c1a134387270a74d7ae2f8c8bf1a6e622a69e0366a7c2aa5238be
font_03_sfnt_off00011e4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E4C 16360 bytes
SHA-256: 84657a3efcf4a0ab380e0b6fa06397548231176f28a193c530d867b23635eb41