Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49e04dbec4bcc998…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.3 KB Created: 2021-08-11 22:52:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7116d926d37f0ba1d668e4e2c610e3b0 SHA-1: b860b13b6001520fb0de43e98b63d5025709f12d SHA-256: 49e04dbec4bcc9980634351a0e5ce5265eb7274b1cd332df96acef99f9c421ca
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and an ML classifier, containing embedded JavaScript. It leverages a link farm on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to trick users into downloading a second-stage payload. The presence of a download button heuristic further supports a phishing or social engineering lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grade+8+math+module+deped+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c956a795f6---71492512289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876ce4aa5d7---10358199827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2897bba40a27cd4e2152884d8d2ff4eb/kobusumoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098546c14bec---45536480289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/25530750880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nghiencuuykhoa.com/uploads/userfiles/file/28965987850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhijff4cfr1g7r3cbn7cfqmav1/nugawuxiwipexekulosubuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/tukodupezodarorosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jemefelunerigovowonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/358f1b8c9da28213510963837fd08ec9/xagajileged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secoinblock.com/upload/files/jijiritamuxivasimudoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bee4211a1e19d9009d5534324b09b27e/2057797669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locum-system.pl/userfiles/file/ramimukokuponalojabubora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolyclinic.com/file/files/fekevatutigagetimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8stofkava04p9icbo3tc06qhi/zamibovotomuwaxezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc65321212---48265963109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52503649831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6oc68b8g8k59chj0e32bcj4r0u/61936305158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c664a4ca55e---domexugonofati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/vewewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/37158828989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609491beacf51---66787114451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9ca231216---jixuwewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/mowuzexuzifipi.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_off000137ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137CE 10748 bytes
SHA-256: be09911eae5fc0d4d8910edf5a2e1fc71e9e449baa2deb00d7bef4420d24209e
font_01_sfnt_off00015095.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15095 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000168a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x168A7 18876 bytes
SHA-256: 312ad7d07384cdb69032e823cfa31d59f85980c2773e84cc2818bd05db8cad0e