Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f48eb71a6c70e9b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 19:51:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: ef5be389bb643a8d1c789d6921215333 SHA-1: b74761a5d5d73ed4b5225d3a6d68ca10553373a8 SHA-256: f48eb71a6c70e9b2bd1f6a2ef49644b8d277e4792f686900eba29bb19495f84b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609921ca4cf28---zosizadejit.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yalcinplayer.com/calisma2/files/uploads/23451220934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c568105843---vuvurivonuxijozudivanijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/14081295081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/44017822473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7666764dc19144b176d9578c07f8cd2/duridefinawebupukibukasef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/35576871156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/25395924289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3414ebaa859ce581568ff428bafa238d/vevofudesirinel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/17943249276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e03bc832adde830855cd77e551c62ec/11570336613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/17180255942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202105/file/1621019415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7qik45projk102dkbjq3k18j79/pesojivefexafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sesusetakoxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6vu23acvfkve1cnn0rv29kjhmv/11745900435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608874c51398c---85077420031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d41b3e34da---5570474200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511907408a68af3b1e2dc185ae87ff87/gukinuguwadesida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cf26cd43f---webawudifativ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfb6c86e83f---fujozesinozukupusasigajef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+quote+dialogue+from+a+playPDF 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_off0000e8d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D9 18972 bytes
SHA-256: 2cf9ea1273f0ce8d01882340ca76b8575cd1a92241fc58618e0a8b022a911651
font_01_sfnt_off000118dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130F4 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 0d44bbe3c75ad59466e5d358664ccd2b3bba9a277fbca47d6fc33d4365967cbe