Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f48c4e8d59dfd842…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 12:36:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ded3c0cc9ca9e0211aebad6a2766121b SHA-1: 6b49335162dd98e49f95c57349b6c4fb5f84b0bf SHA-256: f48c4e8d59dfd8423f9415e043807e2fdf90f8f6404064820e74965f850d7461
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for hosting files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings clearly identify the link farm and compromised CMS upload patterns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9358

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 http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/98279671150.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/054f9ff187704616005d7e3c2c5b30a3/16851721644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfc1651610---49152716214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/79377711427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcyberia.com/userfiles/files/voles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcbb9baf24b---varawalabapuxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/mumuwiboporuroxejerilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074564c24939---toxiguxomatud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/do43e8q0kuqe2n7763io3vbmeo/judofoteloteli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea6cd0165e6b56dad1538ae4e9cb71be/lojomekewezuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1003f4e6dbb9132c9729b00800d433a2/kasawigogibobalexukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4ddbcbb330fc67bf360fd55a1e4448e/mejujufor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7mispeu3eh27d6sgspldjori0/jopowikenufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b850a8e979f---49036749419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e01561d220c---zixesufokim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d722a1fe98486b0a945793c3d74e9de7/34610921651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/24567710029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/31888649523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/49782325041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18f20658d72b04cfa948da0bdb790516/33077719643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b8ed49e01581fe49c73c2516df86fff/bidilukovos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khabul.mn/mmpa/userfiles/files/gevewiwakakewugufodiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a3dba084ae0772def203ac2307b52d4/mekerazete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/5891814346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd4b64695a---dupagepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8742f8a27f4ceca2e9ff5ddab029fdfb/winekefijobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pecking+order+meaningPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off00016d9d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x16D9D 19312 bytes
SHA-256: 6c112e63ef78af61048d6a08e526964188096a030890b22234b01fac9384e08e
font_00_sfnt_off0000eee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F8 10496 bytes
SHA-256: d8de4470120ddf7f9e3fffd2b47e8fb787326bba213cd956f7a42e4e87db9895
font_02_sfnt_off00011e98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E98 25848 bytes
SHA-256: bd5c6af7d104c078716ec204eae9196edfc920d1b50acc1121254594cff29307
font_03_sfnt_off00015d53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D53 4372 bytes
SHA-256: a7de4ead46d0daa9e454626da3f6a44405fc82deec52525689ea140878ffb876