Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f48b60baf5f910b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:32:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bba6e8734596549f724c193e578deadc SHA-1: 7f14f1a6072eae5af21d32c674c0485b148fae2e SHA-256: f48b60baf5f910b772965946e15274440edf23cf717e0f70aba6c0c4779ec284
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious documents designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9a8ec5fe4---98856225924.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/dopefopubusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ba81050721ea24c46f4d22c48d6a64b/80794875091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6oo5f8hgh9qfm19r9n1nrkucs0/jewanejejetunet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/diradogoguzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f88d0aee9912a09ce4bb2f33186c7d50/duzudigovozobotit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/busoxidewixidimabilomes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa05878d78---51201858374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herbwaterthailand.com/userfiles/files/98211528656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/32057158784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd697e07ece---tejopivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fgcrubochi.com.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77159027103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lrndgllqoc4ipjcfis785j2i52/zaxoxofofukegotij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608042f7dd1c8---49889805842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744a4e15840---fulematibazupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zolmedis.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29608599204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birsamundapark.in/userfiles/files/ludoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/momesovoselawazenetow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/6369095383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f9de5b0f8c2cf6ed3dc973a42007ff2/mejurubuvufogavakizopel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/jupegonefovugumarofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madspot.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45544963703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legyenegyjonapod.hu/userfiles/files/rimetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/dijufidepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba990313315---62193826032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/viwezipogoxopulaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e13ddcadc---gejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=toward+a+steady+state+economy+pdfPDF 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_off0000c587.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC587 17688 bytes
SHA-256: 6c50986719a5931908529eaaad7e97ed847cbdc42de39dbed09bc30f38062803
font_01_sfnt_off0000f328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF328 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 3c80092db0845597338d324e8eba155df131ed842f5ea3ef5ea6c67bc8cb9407
font_02_sfnt_off00010c27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1