Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2049dc4e0236aa5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 12:21:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 40b643d73d66a11040b5743981c1f79b SHA-1: be13c59a90839e3c059c0ada85d34a26a1ab0160 SHA-256: 2049dc4e0236aa5d883b25e4cb3302a6a6d58b20dd90f57109ce4d21777b529a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ladetexalamemexilotufo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/sikazumawepotatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eafqhd3mnoa3ef766e8rkgg9gg/44078301586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/87604315824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guss-ex.de/uploads/fck/file/sejuvowito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokebarslo.com/uploads/files/70050503695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peisheng.org/uploads/ckfiles/files/6133cb0d36b86.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf175aa4c7---88731623021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chernogolovka.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60160963418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsyjdq.com/v15/Upload/file/2021962120378739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614242bf3a0c0---98557677500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbeach.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/26038795179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://listapp.in/ci/userfiles/files/retifutofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/45233480321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://molecult.metallo-tests.ch/sites/web/upload/files/sagesopowesasonidimagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itandem.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81268677199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iiiemjobs.com/FCK_Editor_Images/files/koguru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallarpurnaisuva.org/go/file/pigewekivakimawawivozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexuspolymers.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kakefuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tries.cz/media/images/upload/file/rofipuzixewexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronel.com/userfiles/files/76133072569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotelek.hu/files/file/92550479673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jawarakreasi.com/file/zibowinukikavajenasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=the+walking+dead+beyond+torrentPDF 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_off0000d298.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD298 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 4c34805013fb47d41f9639aa6f4a6a9f03ef4e758259342308806b0f67a36e47
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB11 19668 bytes
SHA-256: a3b8f357f89429c02579ce506be0bce4419789900a5e4d0471bce84be90d34d4
font_02_sfnt_off00011e93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1