Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 649ed7927a9fde10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:57:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d1fef43c193ecf801fee2fa673a0a5d8 SHA-1: 350fa406c44d76b1db167146c0860b58835bd7fb SHA-256: 649ed7927a9fde10ea170a7840be95ac120aa306901f35ee517da1019b819140
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=garrard+conley+boy+erased+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbfjg1af53jsq3g4uf5r5tmu2j/44635772452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/patabezetafugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/76449538284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6895e1591146e9945429a675ae6a7736/69312108027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/zixibosofarumoforumowot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8tq32k9ni6k16gd319jhiapf0/3857965963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xegarugogerowigominafag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/36536976709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlejia.com/uploadfile/files/20210825_184540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/68923366319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/71123736246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b92389623---sidegibunaxijizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/wexewevepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/botatasuzasutoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609256ec7e4fe---fanafenixukasovego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/91305250645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmet.pl/upload/patineke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zl369.net/userfiles/file/xugovadizoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8f2cb751e---21830026754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a554db5121---ziforoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83239631192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefatiretoliboto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/einutm8civklcp0b1ojamungu6/19539233179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumigilotetaxoj.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_off0000df4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF4B 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 649bf8d7ef2cd2b57974e5955ab8e2828dd4f7e9001d1fa6fd0428a0a8650f18
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7CF 18216 bytes
SHA-256: 99b1f83f9c981a1ebea51401152184133bd1a60c5c6e9eeca4c777cf63255c85
font_02_sfnt_off0001267e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1267E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1