Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 549ee1a200770989…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-08-21 07:09:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5b7e9de20ec6c60b752604ec19977224 SHA-1: 42ba6ee64467a46c083055ec9774a73126fc7f49 SHA-256: 549ee1a2007709892176b92b9566ae7a6d58b21f80ff2074cbc070e88175c974
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting it is used to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript points to its use in executing malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc694c9f1a---kasuzibag.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210502140939166104ui2a9e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ae4164b3c---39126560939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverleafspa.ca/clients/10619/File/45487938662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7daa1d01dfdd11394dea9082c7544c4/39104145791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/vaxurilapolizutitako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/87746604601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b649b56d1d5---lugaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab30a75e296---7144387284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/8345622400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/161efe5b258c48805e22b49f5ec134cf/pamiwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34401299058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8625vmoank34g1apcpic7bta75/22588002656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a857dedd7a4---88856775439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0de16381a469bc27eb245cd00a9c7e2/dogafakivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/3739853886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/11709776216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/96995495508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44864552918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e48db20f7---fagupuzapamugirusekiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/jales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vigr158g1jvp7nknc728omoob/51152742720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/16963749519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitymattressfactory.com/admin/userfiles/file/gobavuvowepozagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/43364685744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+a+written+phd+research+proposal+pdfPDF 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_off0000eac8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102DF 11056 bytes
SHA-256: cadc402b02a6563a1aae6cfccea60b6824de02c41b2e2ec695174ea78d34ce4c
font_02_sfnt_off00011c73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C73 16592 bytes
SHA-256: b5e61d84045b290ca16b3938234548dbb19f692c0d029397910adaaddd39a141