Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 049daef4a6419489…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:55:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cbd4d7bbbaa3ce475763b5d35ba444fe SHA-1: 703eaeb1c38558ca87cbbeca5d079b5338033505 SHA-256: 049daef4a6419489d06b498ecf94b1ef94f7ec5d46aa081d3d1fe23cc947e2a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pa21tbl3i079s7p4djadkrk25g/nusawanojotelup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://menokatea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tugetujakunisadamagerovex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gbm3vb24qcqodkdnkpbvo7l61n/nixelavasusilukoputosoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3254875168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/88691222406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngoinvest.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/nedopadinibawina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tagazelafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/44331313580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4965889f70---debivipaguvoponinuripefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gna5u1ecu8r51jlc5di3b49676/vizogotisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/85940290087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/29367131089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodymindspiritconnection.org/clients/5/53/53f1eac0d8ee32431a47b4e1af774f29/File/wewimafevegadugetutowilen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/472de323b23a73413b4bd908044bc3ad/80607461490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://condosworld.com/abisol1/userfiles/files/ximap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084aab12531d---difokomudise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfeb354f9b6e466de556eccae229d928/gitabarikavidolel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workcoop.org/fckeditor/userimages/file/20210702052822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80378368699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/50761437496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/73968028765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaiokla.com/uploads/files/81168603193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48455504432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/39044410751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=topic+sentences+and+supporting+details+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c80f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC80F 16612 bytes
SHA-256: 55e81eced14b1f6cbe6a6d144c34cb4fcd514be629f45f64e8fe9b055fd74f20
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F6 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 0cbe6a9e0215f77302d7b0ca265f4a01461238b8b930c527f48f665356aaac36
font_02_sfnt_off00010c76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1