Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1949ad1a5e25dc7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:52:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7270c73c54ba10313d07334c96f09d76 SHA-1: f9924ed852e8a440fc31d3cb5c79648ac0fe4d5f SHA-256: 1949ad1a5e25dc7b1dad40f28a3cb16e09ded3452726f78277cf6630c74e8cf9
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 upload directories on various websites. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13799068987.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brunsfamilyreunion.org/clients/e/e7/e70b0594429ddd28dfd4dd2f61c76e80/File/2641034657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ed2647bdb---lazenepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56c8616581---pajejomakasigirapogojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yearbookplus.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/89882987725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eingangrad.ch/userfiles/files/18501078682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-06-10/images/files/wijif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paykaaluminiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vopalumuralini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/76129300412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/totovafomidipajozowopar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/kugogulukuxixoburorinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/936144aaeee29a7cdc5de312f29ad459/80580522992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b654b1a65b53dd88109ca82ae952d5e3/3006246867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764df94de34---bagisifedix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7066uhggsd1dm1c1b48rpv4g5q/29388717342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/zavovalamiwexolifazumuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/malidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/wivapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/suwawiwala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/lobavuvipivuxikomelifas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/26960056042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77b678df494cf7d9be7249c8f4eecafe/wusujaxunixovedera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=antenna+theory+analysis+and+design+balanis+pdf+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dawiwebidam.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_off00010e03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E03 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 7f08cfa6b376c5424c600ece4183ede32118fb9bb6ce2f9b1ed9ddadc7064a96
font_01_sfnt_off0001277c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1277C 18856 bytes
SHA-256: 99d70b981c934c5c56e0b58e675477661b065e7e7fb78ce6c2b4ef761c57a48f
font_02_sfnt_off000158d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1