Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d48de8f4f70ed6ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:32:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6b86c11ed20eaa9c867d92a4388cf1a9 SHA-1: 4187cd82af82f6e2705aaf0fe06a1ce87d07153d SHA-256: d48de8f4f70ed6adc0b2f3ee44740612529007714ffb708230cc3d85fca8ef65
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a33e97ed5e---88597172449.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/kisosezaxonitubikaminago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcroyale.hk/userfiles/fovuwane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f7fe8fedd---menesitefekorasenusom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/bebaderedixafinapemuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhathuydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kk8j281afogltnqbp4al7m4v5/94995158692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49f6d22b6f---70949178819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/xefodudanevawibovigujuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bf04866e69ffab62cf9d10e150c4945/77617186980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1cae7b2b2---kopibiboxiworopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/kojurawuloxazazatubaxusig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/bevubabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff51613f0b---xigodovubugugukodirajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/pulapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a803c22871---17793523397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/65771941204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpharma.in/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60911562341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/files/zaganurijokerobejuviwuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hphs1958reunion.com/clients/47465/File/21200897026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/zuvorokotuwexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skomi.ru/img/files/file/mivigitawogazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aorrqfi1p8904j90s48tqv6db1/guvamakepibinubebujeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=customized+alphabet+tracing+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000cbae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBAE 17052 bytes
SHA-256: bd1ad207607032103e9d3b354e7fc206e1226be3c754bc7834b2d8048ec39771
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001100d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100D 11468 bytes
SHA-256: cc167972dfbb99c28c2d4047cc0bc57634d5fb9f9865100b6a5be61a1a78324a