Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d48be425a8efaae8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 13:45:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: b11b111a66ffc22cc40f6279943ba274 SHA-1: 39f0b06ca432116cc6ef3e60899ac6f033f90a33 SHA-256: d48be425a8efaae8fbdd7316325a57f37d0a265ffbe9a22464c6f9fc4cf08f2f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, likely to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript likely facilitating the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=subway+surfers+without+download PDF link annotation
    • https://bipalisdemo.dashindonesia.com/userfiles/files/laxapubazazupobix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d2d7acc173---61629406739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i1g90bd2skrka4e5ofrbgege82/12224148209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/gadogatikezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/93345793437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarissoft.com/img/userfiles/files/28821365241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orenprom.com/img/account/file/rotijiginej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmrivestimenti.com/userfiles/files/78619378666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/mezedaparuxevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83id20fvjgqv3e344d0h8e6ue2/66467231513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c05b28f22d---29635694623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7mark3t2-7aya.com/contents/files/jesatagutebowotuniwebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tjko2ch9vmkk45g52uqou8sq8u/99949670048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/41197891178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cudicio.it/images/file/fananuxipurudijesonafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/28823922751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sial.pl/galeria/file/sojijizonupun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattshopping.com/admin/assets/images/ckfiles/76053072902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firezavase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianmailbox.com/assets/images/userfiles/files/81620476146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/ranonimepegit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studioconcept-stand.com/fck_userfiles/file/vobojosuwurizegizifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/texisorevurarugulanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suncables.co/images/file/3256434185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mamurijezowumolatisipoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomas-zigon.de/images/file/29639686240.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_off0000d6e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6E7 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 09000e6988223ee7d163d1ed50df38c3ef907f82ff96876fc6404a58332f526c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF054 18340 bytes
SHA-256: ffa71b19dd28f0766df64a84c101acbb7a705b0103defc8eb2f5c55fdfed1d39
font_02_sfnt_off00012032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12032 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1