Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49605a9cb5eb94f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:29:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0c040e96783f6b0027157c5d1649f706 SHA-1: 46a38dd19eddcd2f059772fb35041d8656058485 SHA-256: 49605a9cb5eb94f362b1b68fc9998b25b9568f0b753c650aa4474ae4d6d005ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of URLs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to act as a link farm, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210610175017_g954h6.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/60347821403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/nagiwadunomulum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/sukazuwode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/vudipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4d9400c91---76961391197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agpbmdtf.xn--p1ai/upload/file/nolawaxuvomuwidejok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9a6ae34674390bf6f27f6e2a95f22b7/74009262535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5dbf19f8b3---65900251201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202106080702499505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thcsnguyenvanhuyen.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxuzonupulakalezop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbun9pd5t1j9b1mp9k6hovicr5/92084460095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22043574895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-08-25/images/files/60033586740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608459f29b56b---62031362601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/wavuriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/tuxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1864231c12---vovukokibikobadusawidewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43c68a66c5b16393578601f69fed02e4/mofakidepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c8a1be4f1531c11f5d76799292ed6fd/kozozeketikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66f5847660bd1fc54ad7d0e2cb8b99c9/guranowewuneraku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/54969611001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/52025621536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/xemezijuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/nibazafotikizigukem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namhungholdings.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/76651711963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/89289117423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=worksheet+for+ukg+class+mathsPDF 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_off0000e1ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1AD 18952 bytes
SHA-256: 0e0acbd40c882aa96ecb49da0f2f1f395032a9cace53ae1a1f7c3bec0e06a7fd
font_01_sfnt_off0001113e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1113E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012955.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12955 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 7707bb6a5761f05512975700cbd8780a5cfec793a9618a6e99c1a0a7074c8f3b