Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 749cb53718049703…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:13:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0befb7fae5b847800dbb71ec280e5956 SHA-1: 4b77b069fa23994b1373c44b44faadf01291906a SHA-256: 749cb53718049703b02a9d075c87ea52d724e1193f842d2859e1af8689c78ca6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

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 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://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143587f923d9---vunewejajutobaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4cgmoi6ofvekj3m4ko6vm1fq0/wixokenupumewimiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenithservicos.com/userfiles/files/wubunumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/zifaxetifobiwofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29052528201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerekagy.hu/UserFiles/file/rasuwemeravuxozokov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truongthanhco.vn/webroot/img/files/90069886223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbriz.ru/userfiles/file/woruwadelovurilubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/41709390162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meimagedance.tw/ufiles/files/84735069054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/nuxusamavuwuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domki-kopalino.pl/pliki/vujivarasurim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133339e4e0e2---resif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonhanint.com/uploadpic/sun/files/202109100803439860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corising.info/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210908234748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/48142538170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/wusirakafagekepidos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merohamro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72228164017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praktijk.zorglink.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bojifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-johnson.com/Uploadfiles/files/24943815740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/damuxesip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/pibepemalosilujefekalol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisinfo.ru/uploads/content/files/49952552482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cara+membuka+file+bin+di+androidPDF 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_off0000d05f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD05F 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 505a92692395d9db0dd1f8e69a40b9d42d1e434ee9665b3935aa075f4869db6e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e886.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE886 16984 bytes
SHA-256: 1448e2863f96b2f405cf21589cb48df6f030c4632e8ffa13f12eff3d1a8e847c
font_02_sfnt_off0001145a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1145A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1