Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49afb9c59639e2c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:49:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b68c807e995a8cb757a561e5dcc363c7 SHA-1: ccde7120035ff457979b3dd2234df41ecef056dd SHA-256: 49afb9c59639e2c1f6ab0a7a73f6ae2e19b098073acd837d0bdd6be04f17027c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The PDF also functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised domains or disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://atrsara.ir/resource/files/2739694256.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb5b11e0d4d3a0da3a42d7724984eae3/rawirebadomozipub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingtesttips.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/kekisesuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/zawupubiniwerojorulosolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859f8d61b3e---51843764604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supporttmes.com/clients/2/26/2647aeee05d38019bb2ff7af4ee9f9d5/File/nudobatexamufivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetcarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/dinipaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24b3b095ee---69610257504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storycycle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23987468032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33bbeaf97e98c486dea49cb919d28969/99427509837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zolmedis.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24193072606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caae3411c07---befagiwogabagazepevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/009d0ee0cf72e817586423983d21558d/zozasepuvinokexukaxatopid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kredoteka.ru/uploads/file/68037479644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/sedozuzujivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deesudcoolingtower.com/userfiles/file/pifidukef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89307516281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzweien.com/d/files/sipiwuroruzege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4d9599346---kidoninavitopatape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/lisemopaxozoruluzapipev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d6609ef5015645281df244f89a18125/datatigakigivetigof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2f09b2c87b36f5439d39341e95de3d8/gejodarosibibodaseneder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pigitufazubuwukilekebem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=haier+smart+tv+manualPDF 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_off0000e4f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F7 10308 bytes
SHA-256: ca633d17a7a98a08f939a2de20fca38979b568f3cb026a57bbda760235ea7479
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011438.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11438 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 56b28fc82051c3b02f966ae39f4b19fed69b85d0e65d64ba66a743e8286d9598

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