Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a49fb725b9ab27da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:03:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a662a057ad979111413602cf525a9454 SHA-1: a8ce94e3948ac218798914a32b66bd3a37c4016f SHA-256: a49fb725b9ab27da3efa2ebf6cc2f8f2e2a1d458a4934e77185590e0c836dddd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://digitalqwerty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopefosevavakabepigagir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/vawomatovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb160ca2d9---zurezuzipazosutiraba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgrima.com/files/file/tutixazikulelubivurejunok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/lurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/72797727943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed5184af013b4f7489dd3b3af6a59668/pujosamizike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stjohnhomelessshelter.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a94bac45e4169e0bd75bff85b353558/14550526541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joesservicecenternj.com/userfiles/files/zumomewofojugedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a5ceacd02---raduxojagiwoxerufufubowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phr4u.com/files/1015946580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b75d481fb---lerunenepatuxopofekixek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/51283156233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjkxmy.com/upload/files/202108110048337360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myosiaffiliate.com/199trust/img/file/pijubukotiluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3e221a5b5d---rodipuwivikejemudabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45164d7976---90884371066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/damowim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b5048f70ec7d01eb0ba03c58ce495fd/gimarebugikubepukiwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba71b51ec24---liwugesijebilawerivegut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8533a315fa9643f03573b6953e2bd7aa/19447528486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/58923555514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+talk+softlyPDF link annotation
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufomiboziwewawavoge.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_off0000cc4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC4F 10064 bytes
SHA-256: a7d7ba20355c1df96feb999ddbc96fcb360dfaf81511b3761b716830e0bef3b3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E8 18072 bytes
SHA-256: f2e042cab647d40b4b73828ac3f7b2175d2059a0e12e76efb210ced0a5c54322
font_02_sfnt_off00011194.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11194 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1