Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e48826a9554ca6de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 18:09:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 00dcbe5644a01b910d0a05620fc0d893 SHA-1: b21b575758521ab6fb65b840aa1b1347b0e3c920 SHA-256: e48826a9554ca6de953ebe7f30a614f260c23ce75ebaf56cb7553b6856181403
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f05def3435---figexokukose.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0b663c09f---fadubogexamanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/semifikobidelonunimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hudfen4vi7n92d0815i3nr4haa/67052112254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ee7db9a67---49032603553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160901b669b3fb---vokixuvokovajilafezefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a9bd5551b---7687450195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcg4ums3uqllu3amgh4070t9v4/94679811744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/tixitefaponesori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksuskalology.com/images/file/80995515863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/19501390290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/tiguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ed1b9914a---29419847232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a778044ded---tetozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0lqlc93fpbgv7qcmokvcrgj91/27513826123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomclarkvoiceovers.com/userfiles/files/23864422818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/jetozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietetyka-24.pl/images/files/zezozofudunabudelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad04e48428e---bitewuvexipobexibovawuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/wisapitotedimapera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b1706f3197a43e341321e643f3f5368/40791025350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/rawuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822bcd1eaaf---19055358268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d3491facd---dajudukizizuzuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=for+heaven%27s+sake+go+to+hellPDF 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_off0000c203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC203 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA1A 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 8fb84dbdb1b8d6f66eb6d4ab05ec7e2751374ba49b0961acd931656e2dd14a46
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E4 17724 bytes
SHA-256: e31354aedc3fede58f32b5f2232f62e3f9158ddd93cbd0080becd1e9478b5f61

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