Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a49821bd14d413d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 16:01:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 14a8eb74bf11c711923c8e30094a06c9 SHA-1: d1ac4e29e7f8b90d0f6496e4f5d67bfc6e8cec2d SHA-256: 9a49821bd14d413d89e4a095e3c845d16d58021d1aaa07ab0c91ae847d2fcb1a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=counter+sue+for+harassment PDF link annotation
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4df07f42d3e6bf7717a346eeef4dfe6a/senakidolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/15727888604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98156527384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2aa2635665---segivaxelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zirusumupotezowurawapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44609d603ff47e86aff9afc0f5f0b516/88012759235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eotp.info/sites/default/files/fck/file/xixosifibuzufilowavudam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--b8qxb801j.tw/upload/files/26353271183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b2fc56f846---gulumepivugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondaotohaiphong.vn/upload/files/dibomubemeloruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f786bc2df13---51423115914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609575e07da0b---21442576401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgc.to/sites/web/upload/files/lixizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e9e391cd17c5408656a295066a97b1/81912353757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b37c2b792f359eae3c72cb19d98efd67/fakirodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0869653372---31633124245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tv8m4np00j50lu7g4p7m23s034/20894364685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/milewudiwesofutazazuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/86775750568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/59574106649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/gulumuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gekoo7p1k1ako21e0v9109j6u8/88382102524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a8f78a30d---bexuvefokaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/rimavirivujomide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/guwabufabili.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_off0000ee97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE97 10472 bytes
SHA-256: d799bc0cd704e5dd1ace96fdd5c1ed429af45a1093a273c2ddd8fa7f494928a5
font_01_sfnt_off00010646.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10646 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E58 18232 bytes
SHA-256: 40052230f75e5eff09650ec91a7ef877af549fb83d62b668becc64bf511beb6e