Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49441b4e5f8c1ad3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 14:51:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ab2fdda7b93ba3020bbde021eb44aee5 SHA-1: a7d1b2db8968555aa611858081fdcb9a7b5bfd81 SHA-256: 49441b4e5f8c1ad35ef46185f6b782c4e4659b5b4d17fb77d2dcd46e9f59a2b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. The numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and link farms suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jaws+screen+reader+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cf83ddbd0be6be82e397fcb4d6ae6cf/59033059917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/73892663942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behbehaniprojects.com/uploads/files/1829498362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigaweberukuzesadogeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.520amis.com/upload/files/88106943437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341a4000899---manitofutave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.superior-inkjet.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuxopudipariwubafine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.herbertvanderbrugghen.nl/draft/potarituwasorikoduperivaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favonijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents/files/86551154404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallarpurnaisuva.org/go/file/48125952922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gojonogavegut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/gukugipifalulexajavarazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nj-rshb.com/v15/Upload/file/2021921020225438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210907055125_ljiky0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinobajka.pl/Upload/file/23695428719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e68momo.com/shopadmin/upload/files/pomupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/96293949037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/wiwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387d9ce2cf1---sujodorinexerorubugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137aa779f8f4---xesobijawutogediwe.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_off0000d8ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8EA 10332 bytes
SHA-256: 84d09dc0be80a8fcdcabe289a04d76f2acdaa641198cc8219651aece984c0133
font_01_sfnt_off0000f063.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF063 18024 bytes
SHA-256: 4b56a7835ea7651f9911b1c0a028137be2e10326439ad270d7755e31d2707304
font_02_sfnt_off00011f80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1