Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c48e2bd8b089e20b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:24:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 4e1031afc5da226c0afd9b92fc73c0e0 SHA-1: e6092c6ea6432eb9c6ab709161fd096cce26101b SHA-256: c48e2bd8b089e20ba6ce0c8366ae97f2aeff4d7c7e523b1d8fec2fa39366a901
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rise+of+the+duelist+price PDF link annotation
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cea387c7c33a6a60afd3dafb443dd3a/16242692300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetamblj.si/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d44790c43a4---21651825072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17aa4077feedc4711630730255d9ed0e/5363135216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telesebokijuvenolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609837df2cbd8---vesuposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/ruvalogofoxuradalatuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0311.com/userfiles/file/20210723080447_u3n1m0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c714033f621---82253010785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tykhestudiodesigns.com/clients/7/73/7311521ca682816632878891c231d107/File/9295526734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/52197160617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchise-vietnam.com/app/webroot/img/files/22757157185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb7c11b51f---wuxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/nifapexil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoass.eu/userfiles/files/mefarogonuluruzed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/sopajopefufapeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhbpmo8dim38qumv6mlf32slp0/63681694146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cd630387e---7519314301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/kodexemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ol5slup4tc6hmf9k699oo3fnqo/9303718187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b33f08609a---55396664396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ri3u8uccdth9l9grf2u74ga4l1/fifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///14894413709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608802051e1f6---wopimedojidosijekexereme.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_off0000df82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF82 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 5075b9c1cfa0084dc8b3ff3077d12f9504c0b2965f905f525082e47a25819f06
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D6 19416 bytes
SHA-256: d715fcdf1713fb16e1d0e1c4f93a2623d045915700364358372faef697efe03a
font_02_sfnt_off00012aad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1