Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d48f3541bf728ee2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-10-02 12:59:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b9d12eaf91f06aa70b77059791ae0f93 SHA-1: 405225065c60b3931a5719ddbc5b095dc70a05ca SHA-256: d48f3541bf728ee28f9a77e9939760d0ed10c50c1d5881b2dd6087d71d01a2c5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript likely facilitating the execution of malicious code or redirection to further malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=crooked+house+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://kimcert.net/E/file/tozidibinema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cw-cut.com/uploads/file/rogidarigeduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.ru/upload/xejawisofaros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210915215112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onmamtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_EC536419BF4EA880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balbu.hu/uploads/news/file/naxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archpiudue.com/userfiles/files/76596689181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hertzlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/83667906202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a7b2bad15e9e9a5140710e18575c7a1/27121985617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/gifagajajirifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/tumotagifixawezipokuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hooleihomes.com/cms_images/file/lenilexikobofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/84971218720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupimopad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5uempat.com/contents/files/lamuvumene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/48580010303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c26ad595b2---gurefivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161532755abe25---basunizadesoboke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.traigiongthuha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32295396034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/keroduvapuxewatosujosak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senvietsystem.com/ckeditor/upload/files/dirufababobezefujur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/9669155106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insolite.lu/img/userfiles/files/medebaxerinurufilarav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexxyin.net/files/fckeditor/file/korivawoxixolebexesotovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents/files/47144300997.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_off0000b865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB865 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d07c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD07C 10456 bytes
SHA-256: af915d34fdf5f1e8d1e6d48d37814c36cd658613bb13031aa98a3feeaa309390
font_02_sfnt_off0000e81c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE81C 18588 bytes
SHA-256: 0cb871206fad6c0b82df15ad7ca8d83d89deacca9fa97a292a56936ee82c6032