Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 049d8d5e9891e8da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:27:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6f6ea7e1d157c12cec343215fe2adcff SHA-1: 85788999fcb6a38769eb09edf53e67ea8b496abd SHA-256: 049d8d5e9891e8da3eb1fd67fe1f7dbe6c05a9a5b956097da8dc9ce8d865526e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary purpose appears to be a link farm, directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f0fc0b04c---44289754773.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a693d53debe---29755966308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/72895814362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6lniv8rv3d6cl7of2q08bcu9b1/95282545719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764665ed104---lisiborovuzixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9de5c7ea53a9a24bcfaaa4230fdce674/72779929684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/fagixerixezisepiborubajip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/pufokoguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7csc8h74bihpjnsobqdnk6lh03/pupakoduzalaranewobokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodabo.eu/userfiles/files/96788849714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ou8a8desjo4pisdrck4a0si3v/kegizikonove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/pikugakafizawozegedorano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/xavozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20e2d23641---lamigofolone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myosiaffiliate.com/199trust/img/file/dolaburomasitasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cezanart.com/userfiles/file/roliridunabazavixilawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixafifiwudizudapij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banquat.com/userfiles/files/rimilulelipizobujiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportgalaktik.sk/userfiles/file/jewifulopidazavaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kct5s6mbkdis7fl74qn9r3v8v0/fewirukuzajamafedogodilam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/97179013302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.vn/uploads/files/dabisenufiketofoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607531ddb6278---23422493407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=hypersensitivity+and+its+typesPDF 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_off0000f98b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF98B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001119d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1119D 18236 bytes
SHA-256: e90452d541ee4ee37df4035332086f2f5c40cf9db5d5a168a2060182e409fff5
font_02_sfnt_off00013fc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC9 10392 bytes
SHA-256: f3b991e19fffb057d6c048a7fbb138c6daa5b26323248ef47d707d8f4c808247