Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a49d403b8ebdc68c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:28:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 740dcd98f427c7f74d237f83c4c45f98 SHA-1: 803390bb48d1e17e17b7468fd828e4360525f4ee SHA-256: a49d403b8ebdc68ce84f1e0b1f8380671de28dab37843f1d2f175d2dcc5f5610
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a full-page image and a click-outward action, typical for directing users to malicious websites. The document hosts a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/42407946324.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc090f092a---tuxojosatixorumizebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2soka42cq6qanvl23jtvlgthi/5263643688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinoboxingclub.com/clients/36032/File/26228492771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/40286777331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/93152848081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d50c5f075b67538e303a5b212f155a6b/97999331593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gldbirdgel.com/user_img/files/pibonidomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e67770d45de---10363873662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607384eda6f94---pigosasiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/vugepijegarofusivamabef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a87dcd7567---mujasuwejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/rofufijewupaxikebikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petikdaun.com/contents//files/35493559136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/58051714954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtrade.gr/userfiles_lybo/file/robewevuwanotozofovela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://md-servicios.com/userfiles/file/46180097935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/dorewejoxawesiwubinamawul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abhinavabhishad.org/userfiles/file/59880358084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba920724dd9---tizonusatufesiwopixon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altadirezione-consulting.it/userfiles/files/89840308610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9f1d887318---59785350003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///walarulizamir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202108201606066074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/vifejuwakarev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sourceandsecure.com/uploads/userfiles/file/kadubuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/vutekuviwuzujujusunekuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=the+axial+skeleton+containsPDF 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_off0000b71a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB71A 13832 bytes
SHA-256: cd4326b16d92c8dc2b0d3d6f214d588a8b1a3692b09745b7bedad882debafdb3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d916.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD916 10384 bytes
SHA-256: f179c921fda91fa4dc6dde4e9c9f295c3123dc28dac05c959b50f384ed9eb8f5
font_02_sfnt_off0000f097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF097 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1