Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 749e1421d2912df3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 03:14:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 184751c35fbf4abc5c74e138ca8f700a SHA-1: 459d4b479fab0dad705a5029307e7ca74f43ea39 SHA-256: 749e1421d2912df32e7355a2c287a28a084b6cc52fc27bbf5e39fd8b7352c3eb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness, with the URLs likely serving as a link farm to distribute phishing content or further malware. The presence of multiple links on disposable or compromised hosting further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed3dcf92043d4850c3059c34062cf987/zikasamerufudam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/gisanekajewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changju-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/zafokezenitenemaruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f237a57f73f---88331695373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a87c0232275a51efd0dcda5d6f06cf9/xaxewetufine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacongtudongbinhduong.com/upload/files/bunenebesola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7e49cb443---72391895759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/davusobinubaronubikezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/80711a893ed7d6483598ce5d4152dbf5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de2e5c58f86---taguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d10bc819b---8431168854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kajsanordstrom.com/userfiles/files/zopazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecb98e3e94---66828972880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7340c7f5cef12de4fb9f059e4928b42/31485042448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b3b6e20b9---puxolapabedopododel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio5r.com/userfiles/files/wevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/86193638139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc45a32c916---90586940904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/95110772880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e51033025f---90760624423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a61c54d32e---8967393492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee2e395194---1909875320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48cb65ec3d27c0025312988d69e0a4b5/buzogedabipibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc614b5f08---wipapexokumomisewisawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7589e0550---80161410424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+monomios+y+polinomios+resueltos+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_off0000f3ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BC4 10944 bytes
SHA-256: c0eacbde604de862d9211853bb154c42afe791a8bba4a73cfe077c6a74556ab4
font_02_sfnt_off00012515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12515 17924 bytes
SHA-256: 993ec42f1f5638e30847223d309b1983fe5007586927791a5be13538b38fe93a