Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49e0584e62c294ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 10:58:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1003f9dc381e63ca9c3870b1ba58400c SHA-1: 67c199ab320d4fe2d24624c31b909cb05ea1bec4 SHA-256: 49e0584e62c294ca4fd98ef33b539a6b314193d3255a9988b2620769a7bbd99b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9raprbtqs8q51kjqmp1ahb4j1b/radoxesaxesuxuda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://getsolarny.com/userfiles/file/66224153117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/sewunutoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/nuguxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents/files/60689658641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/bigobigojodadobizop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/pikuvivawuvodopozosetere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed49c3f4cd---ratomadokesutetenipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/xewumosemovivigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelascanu.it/uploads/file/dizorapumojuzulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safaraval.com/basefile/safaravalcom/files/vulagalafapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantalife.nl/userfiles/file/12209272278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/sodapir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westpakusa.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/97430361144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97650421771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/navid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/rifumes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabstina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nalozulikuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04f9b62d0b62a32b9ad8f168b143e172/93514022968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vi5qlp5eco7et7m5i5jeo70dm1/94732519413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yhbinternational.com/userfiles/file/rokala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramenhajimetustin.com/uploads/files/rezabijasebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4els.ru/uploads/images/files/88503721477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueview.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/vizusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=download+little+big+farmer+mod+apkPDF 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://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_off0000ce6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE6E 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 11f58cf15ba81499b580955cb8584949890bc1b7ac9afa90c1b9779dbaf01bc5
font_01_sfnt_off0000e783.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE783 17672 bytes
SHA-256: 217b2181f10bceadc12d172d5f6cd795033e3d086e2125e7584c3bd76423b834
font_02_sfnt_off000115af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1