Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49d42a6816dd6400…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:00:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: cbc9d7518c37ac3028284c788d7c8791 SHA-1: ba422a2489a132117fa0f38c591b60985b26f262 SHA-256: 49d42a6816dd6400683a5c916df4c1e0f2957880a6b3c258e225c8a10a217820
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score, along with ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', strongly indicates a malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern involves luring users through deceptive links within the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gabriel%27s+inferno+full+movie+part+1 PDF link annotation
    • http://powercleanperu.com/cms_powerclean_2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/99438045658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbigas.net/media/files/risokejuzodarazopeketib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turbooto.vn/upload/files/pipadavebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/dusekaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.supremecaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedewimilonunawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5db6bee82---56649228520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasokeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lionsmarsala.it/userfiles/files/47901381377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friulanamarmi.it/images/file/zolewikulojava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/pusitosowufapepefawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tattica.byespresso.com/app/webroot/files/upload/files/fevamitajudukudujoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giraffeng.net/infodaily/gen-ckfinder/userfiles/files/tulukazube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/pamovativimazofeluliruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6e76c72eef4174f8a4caad6acdf42cc/34069890620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68626711452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/79388610630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineadda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29666302019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3fe6ce32305ce77bd8d91252f920513/dubarewamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56428211058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f6f79860c8fbeaebe21bd229cdbaab/75890895847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netron.pt/app/webroot/media/files/kubazajabimugutamasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/totifanezejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinxinhouseware.com/uploadfile/files/42046846979.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_off0000d2b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2B8 10952 bytes
SHA-256: e2e0c3cc793b9f2174179a826d10318fa33e51ea7e89737124b1b77891ae3358
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC03 21832 bytes
SHA-256: add971e6973d9699014cbe737f9c594a0f489b892bd48a7f81c96b8586ad0841
font_02_sfnt_off000124fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1