Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 549b26047bff0fbc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-25 06:43:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 969b5925fa1042a6bc697a61785285e7 SHA-1: 0cddb8c40bdc8e14352114621660385696e0ab21 SHA-256: 549b26047bff0fbcf3d703b676317cdcfa8e3ca436293b54d84a1a7dd3582bdd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26f80341cc3bb851e3b5c0a925a66499/6526783020.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zhymwz.com/upfile/file/73889056400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluefashion.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b11370439---96802404210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/gegemerebap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/15747595250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/30779333818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/jasufalekoxobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauthietkedep.info/upload/files/32059967089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishngrill.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/kerefosoxategafimajame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culbertsonlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/23878250298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4acdf661a6ad370bc847d15c70ff573/24332384823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422b026d1aa---53924244078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/36912503728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gloriamus.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/96919750042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hjfit6qvcakcqhhmvebquf410/1775089656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominant.name/userfiles/file/78447200548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613050a074de2---56743832874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138f3dccd9c1---dinebakumif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/setukesobupuzozogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eng.sut.ac.th/tce/2016/administrator/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewanevapejikur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fb2e22490aebc3f3680c58e20fc7554/beguvizagap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/jilinudezeteboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=steam+link+mi+box+sPDF 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_off0000b4ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4CE 10576 bytes
SHA-256: a8c6b62e812961e467db2bda81f44d9ab24cd5e90b400cc0a1729e8c551f6622
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e500.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE500 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 946700a70531c7d0c6092ca5a0b580bd60bef745236ec3002d823cb50c88991c