Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49dc6b9214c15325…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 17:44:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ea5614fa837085b32c59828d0c06349b SHA-1: b8f6d15ff8c341482b70f3d33f590e5bef12aaae SHA-256: 49dc6b9214c1532501ddaa23843b9d8cd076ad86893117891bf9d106b219f9d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple PDF files hosted on compromised websites. This technique is often used for SEO poisoning or to distribute phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://computerdoki.hu/user/file/38834320793.pdf
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc665c913f2---34809696418.pdf
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/10061373025.pdf
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0c0730c75a98810e36fde34892cb9db/6764164242.pdf
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1140364268---5664902714.pdf
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607765ee22422---repenogomazorokupuso.pdf
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/410897bbdd9b5fb365e67cec7973a691/lenabofonovigi.pdf
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d62c2ff32ce895dfad0d3a4e14a9def/58710094859.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7dc5c5453b---32413108335.pdf
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/13948633030.pdf
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77jq1rkub75a1uomvpbmf2egag/1812068206.pdf
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/vagupedutapikudujitinax.pdf
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgpppv78n1hh52b7h0fct0oqvs/62936114084.pdf
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/wedinesamubiwujojir.pdf
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ae84a90bf---kunatoviraderezowor.pdf
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607889626ad62---58031366981.pdf
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bab4ff4363abc537479ce2e8a467716e/ginamuzanivimitijot.pdf
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/jareluladesexadeferagavo.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0c368e70a---ruzojo.pdf
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/3789535754.pdf
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/69094676081.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd07c0743a---fotivovejeve.pdf
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608478265bfa7---mekaxuwafoditak.pdf
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8kmqcf6ut7ro231h2juunu5kj0/80630434994.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=a+list+of+singular+and+plural+nouns
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010548.bin
0e16bec51f1c9706691167e8476286eac7297778a41abe29f34b1ddaa5b037a8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10548 16860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001315e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1315E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014975.bin
5d2ccd13dc61993c0221bbde4b856a0f975ba9c8e1fd437321ed2edb2127ca9a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14975 10624 bytes