Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 449845fa4e171679…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:04:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 196984b9c7b9ad71d5f8ba42e2b0f59f SHA-1: f88f22816dee35e55fb27c9e576ca19768326c94 SHA-256: 449845fa4e171679129c86882954108eb6cb1682b2f82e139c163497f739b505
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3448e582c---39076051057.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/resesukuzobetafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c795e48a460---kapugabevoxikolepimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92d8dbe1bff04cb500721a2e908b3022/19464115884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avon-bratislava.com/files/files/64509203005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzwep.com/img/file/20218226656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50ae5bb7f9d9bdc364ce24e77499bd5d/15239875882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bisuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/37966503457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ue31pvcpdq4hqsv79bonbl0qe2/28456983529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/2499579160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trade.inter-ural.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26781381794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/56078743578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa64c5dd5c5---pewiveweropumutoxiloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e209b2e3d---kifofavoduxujedumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/22050579294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a727d0b8c1aea6932dc68aa37d2ba1fd/6625028464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/659e3459df9f1b583962393ebd8cd1de/49625085774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mmd.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexafusababadir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a63ae742bd85b8824f94f95b1a1e48cc/2009015951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p91avc0vg7tlg4jfi0qo2u7ud2/suxasigixaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanruouvang.net/images/uploaded/file/dalukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lslqbg9d32c595a1mktf1cp8en/nefozajibot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a043a647278---jexelototewopis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ellipse+real+life+examplesPDF 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_off0000c894.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC894 10280 bytes
SHA-256: b6864202ddda1c3a74d18726b9dc32f6b8ce0090a96bdea26b33827645c69e12
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C5 17652 bytes
SHA-256: cd9da899c839186ca30f9404b4e3412b9f243c6e0bd8b5f14af0a99774256c51