Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 049ddaaa000aa4f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-10 09:13:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7b2f821acc878ab8e2eefc300f659e10 SHA-1: b64a2eef8f1ecf4309da947b2317819346f9c210 SHA-256: 049ddaaa000aa4f660229fe5d7cf67a0b32bd200ec6786f3163292bfc7eb908c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML classifier flagging further supports its malicious nature, indicating it's likely used for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+wolf+of+wall+street+book+vs+movie PDF link annotation
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c04866a1b3ce91f115f416c638924dd8/robazepefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/14309465552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd20f3e8d4---34579589990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d70114e2b6---27712879985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///lasudifusogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210607142822716033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/dekego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/rabaxusasigapesejotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b4b560ec3---53312730218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b95bfed5c6a717658f7785d9e63180a1/bipepekiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64b99d5f0a135f2c97004a03bcf20fe2/91237872954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97ef43051e---zovuxazigirovomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f45f2261fa91616fe6d6819bfa03813c/62411858848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siteditupom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byecook.com/ckupload/files/49286452422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/vatekinivesakazorarejejan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a297c13912f---77101143534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2327956c3---zubogelilexudulodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0a1b96dcc---9114729410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprenda-atdi.com/uploads/files/xalikufipelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clove7.com/userfiles/file/51989465855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56279434943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/28282045872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc63e623c05---33245871067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f0e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E3 17816 bytes
SHA-256: e2ab0dcaf84b1c641a28aa670ec2689db0fa5fc7d8f8bdee3a0a7266211d4c8e
font_01_sfnt_off00011fd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD3 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 9433945c304e2a0a1d71488d73be609db81cffa23d672a23505d911663c7739d
font_02_sfnt_off00013897.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13897 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1