Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49bf93ed621a69b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 05:51:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8a7dd7f8d483c4a264e59ca857f7412f SHA-1: 682b27f774da3267046520bcfc92d6ec3266e1b5 SHA-256: 49bf93ed621a69b9c102c38ae0c89ff768284b0ade29e8318e9d6b48985934f2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://fittbike.hu/files/file/80337505516.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9029b3c6db---sojepuxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micsys.in/userfiles/file/15779074714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17e55cc1ffc7d5227f80f0fad8f6352c/zukosalata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9f77461de---15158545421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmjwarrickhudsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/9b/9be434dcd9982d5451de1b36a82eb828/File/zoputab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76be2dfe582dbcf9569cba0d6d3abe06/xabelegefevosugejavew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b797b504c---tixazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29b72ce5af---90210479975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/putagizejufatapom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eda00c6700a---14443020781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee83bcd57e6---38167883156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cabc915009---34826147952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gwynharmon.com/home/gwyn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40473958930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74e512654f75862cbadbe4832224f776/96321933218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210611095432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ecede56c0---33593934238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitubatupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/810699a63bf8258e51362b99fbfaceea/tewilikobulovasiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kssi.ir/public/userfiles/file/jovewokomoferodilozora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=red+dead+redemption+2+glitches+xbox+onePDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e93756de71880e1b59e5b338b0db49c/vufusawoboxafa.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_off0000fb06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011318.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11318 17604 bytes
SHA-256: 6ecad47d72395db299418eb58a1a5198a8a84d51eeea562e113f32586dffedef
font_02_sfnt_off00014150.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14150 11368 bytes
SHA-256: 309361d14a0625bd9f402609416eedb625d46bec6e9b7211d151a04ea6a6cb4a