Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49a2d257d86d6e98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b0567ea344cbcf56f0bc65dafe3dcad5 SHA-1: cec4b190af99b88f106730b85d577e6c70eb6726 SHA-256: 49a2d257d86d6e988e2f5756f34b01e821e87375a71e2d33095c01251b698123
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. These elements suggest the document is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/texijatomesi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jinshi66.com/uploadfiles/files/nipasidowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnkls.com/userfiles/file/1626524288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/gugerif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/11103653319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6a768f4d0---70400233005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b94e0710e060d1e6457ce79bbeb00edd/vesadurudirajebesilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inciboya.com/resimler/site/files/tupexususabokoragenapaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f87fba251db---19203056243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lineshare.net/upload/files/20210703101419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081646885860---donurelexikelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01tenvilqm8vkva1j61p0ibtu0/5084968939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altus.pl/userfiles/file/49460099208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b25fe8b9f2---zikijemesofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///2021728195260569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilymillerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/9090635773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/41173535856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/10925163059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/lipubudetawixinixufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/46629475096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/dokajeloxaxuzenow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0532.com/userfiles/file/20210611102208_cgtdy5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19849770622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=traumatisme+du+rachis+dorsal+pdfPDF 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_off000159f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159F8 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 07aec61f8a02bcfb9df5fff5c899b6b406f5f1e04c04309c81cbbd7945ae98f2
font_01_sfnt_off000172fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x172FE 23712 bytes
SHA-256: 3899032bfe2f1b0dd161eb720fbde9cc562e3d201d04c60a479cb5274b38a08a
font_02_sfnt_off0001ae1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AE1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1