Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49b2de4a45ac17cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-29 10:21:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2fe5ca00926cfeb3696dc0db79829ade SHA-1: cc1f401fa2db4208acfd9a785f155006ccac767b SHA-256: 49b2de4a45ac17cbe511a63b3f383d5cdf5af05fb9f65cdf5a60931d0e5abdc5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/46638657833.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4ac5eaf2d---jesovenazupewidawafapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gestmase.com/media/images/file/32142932751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/38874667069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92229857637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/file/87269246388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110af06633ad---11161856726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160faadc1ddeba---11289163049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfhbk4n1mn1ie0ml4ugklnsmr0/46778658623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161103f4893adf---kexasefesiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/ganatokozafusalarafakuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tahitotfalu.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21170315615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16205228912452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f68aee45c4---nikagaregebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/pixojarasopuvabeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/9897309753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebrownsfamilyreunion2008.com/clients/81208/File/najinekusimome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/76838337909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8k7m1u8mf76belg66p74iabb2/6411935288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fc83abd3e---sufezobedolenaposagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcsiprojectracker.com/userfiles/files/16928503953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orenprom.com/img/account/file/3468359327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioichuyendong.info/app/webroot/upload/files/45178028283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah7iiibi52qod813n3jnmm6tb1/17729115967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=definition+of+p+block+elementsPDF 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://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_off0000ef07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF07 17460 bytes
SHA-256: 15a9c3ab5a84c21967213d02b381d8824c3596a0b93d37e2eec9642c48e1b53c
font_01_sfnt_off00011c21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C21 10612 bytes
SHA-256: b98bba1145fb816ad4aa48a3f7694f0287fa1fbf6d08adf2207988bcb8dc78c0
font_02_sfnt_off00013426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13426 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1