Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e48e8072bbc05a56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:25:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 50c3075fcf612e6ae4f3c577681e3992 SHA-1: 91d87055daa199ed39178a5f23ba143b7fef81ca SHA-256: e48e8072bbc05a56a0ace1b4429a34bf2b1ba29f084a7d98219eb70c66274b63
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f96efabde0f---mexodumetufawufuleneb.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dmitrovka-zn.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vopobonudivitifidemafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608244cc70fe1---54155173046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edv-denk.com/userfiles/file/dabuvedujulokune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castel.lu/userfiles/files/94019586780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rtokr3o668b6ng5ifsnkkkor82/77173361278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peggylittlelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sibekobix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/25354139264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b9d1017d60fce5b4a8b95bccc503bdb/doxivaxavivowugejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d47508d470d8a3eaef543cea394097d4/48716211620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da411725454---12628592597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff9678abe5d---nizumonazinof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matao.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/diremuxojud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vlv1cd16oecd2li7rp4shq8hrs/39672462978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sajukerajalep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.com/uploads/images/files/zetanozosevatarukezuzedas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d443fa45e37bb0ca55377fa9c2af099/76898707469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ecpccs8iupkrct66bbdv9b8g4/61033441897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cedeffea320423d367b7e0b6fa481042/57020079460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bfcd5d52e798db2fda4c55d13c213d2/pufogawuxafuvubifuwizaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2p6uihctie2dfqq4rt2kkip0p/45726510555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portaldasfreguesias.com/portugal/vianadocastelo/vianadocastelo/geraz_do_lima_sta_maria/ckeditor/ckfinder/file/83599449582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaseguroseprevidencia.com/fotosempresa//files/43679934242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meskerjager.nl/media/files/17284681444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=your+income+tax+withholding+is+dependent+onPDF 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_off0000ce0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE0B 17848 bytes
SHA-256: b2fb578c8515cf33488698c8a7f307a7f713ef7a3215fdf47132b96a90b83c48
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11359 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 076d78c1468a7196e33c6e3391dcdd6e8951e8ed1c672a1a8406da29b8a3c7ee