Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0649804b8b254cb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:23:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3ed40c56b78d139d1b1aebaf5a1b5ef8 SHA-1: 9df3360db0e06f72afa0feab155648d48b567266 SHA-256: 0649804b8b254cb456689a6ff355e81bbe2e7f1a566af79ff29cb8271ae9feb0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to direct users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript points to T1059.007, and the overall nature of the links suggests a spearphishing attachment delivery vector (T1566.001).

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tipos+de+bultos+quirurgicos+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135456eb9920---2266966705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/96814836969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents/files/50205975938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oiseau-bleu-morzine.com/userfiles/file/89903281697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56341e29447d23b37b19f9de2c204581/gasuwutus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tksvolga.ru/userfiles/file/22004321962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vishalsahni.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65456019723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff77831e124f7bae28c0c31fb566a6c8/24266331542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2c2644d81---33183028819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_5D12E86CF8D4B8EA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radekslodkiewicz.pl/files/file/61330235740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/surawetivuwiwedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/wemuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/nolidodevabevajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taihegas.com/filespath/files/20210902171432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/58303972871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/magidifus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpsacademy.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/26094459106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalathena.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nitotasejonotog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sssmri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65219849997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.syrahresources.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotomozafikuzanumutasabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pusojesezimijebikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belitour.ir/basefile/belitourir/files/30149312431.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_off0000e417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE417 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2E 10880 bytes
SHA-256: fbce85578528354d95992aef54f79c4d36e3001b8c8c340b8f6b9a75aa58ec8e
font_02_sfnt_off000114b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114B6 19308 bytes
SHA-256: 0e7abbd860175a712acf7ffa8936ceaa8bb11f48dc6e01649651511cc9ec12d5