Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6491168978401456…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-13 06:31:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e74c4046b1fe3597dc39f5060d4a255b SHA-1: 0439b9656c650d031c9778084e20720a9d135dda SHA-256: 649116897840145641cfe54bae047c17a85b129949e920f358c0ab2a4bbfba96
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://homestayhoian.thamtuddt.com/uploads/image/files/47948344382.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://friulanamarmi.it/images/file/94584078891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90330d10e566a47742e804376da77444/rekevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/93093680821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joredorogemititugefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135db7d8e620---2190164493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/kafixipubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldfieldssanddrags.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nupazubite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever.dacola.com/upload/files/95215457818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f02c1d7b14fd3d7862889b975d3ac323/dajasugodinodup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc-lampang.com/user_img/files/xuxijepaletixusumopovuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d12308598---2357230678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e26053fe7---menegelofixajuxusupadeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas2.com/contents/files/53502742665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/72503839869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farsiherbal.com/cache/fck_files/file/memilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/satajobababavore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phucuongplus.com/upload/files/97609663526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apsco.ly/userfiles/files/61078912386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a6be60edb2---9611746872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naphotelbangkok.com/userfiles/files/vawubot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://share-world.tw/userfiles/file/bedogukigemegonuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsctda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210901_053829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saltokisport.com/uploads/files/77496657846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd7f3a1ddf---nivedagameg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fulzugaskozpont.hu/files/74717597944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210907101425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=wonder+woman+1984+watch+free+online+123moviesPDF 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_off0000ee0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010626.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10626 11684 bytes
SHA-256: 806344c073cf5fab8ea06e35a8ae5f4f36c4aa24b640ae9c3d30ce98893f3fd7
font_02_sfnt_off00012201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12201 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 83e41b3220e3836c94f217fecced809dee463b8dd8559ed0afd64ae1fd267fa3