Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b949aaf4ffc7687f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-08-12 07:50:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 17c0322419c0110905eb38dfc61185b9 SHA-1: 36f4699d1ccf55a8cdaf78449a1b7e78aeef686a SHA-256: b949aaf4ffc7687f224271b83c806a589327c2ae275cf7551b74a7e186c1818b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and forming link farms, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URI patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vidmate+apk+ios+apkpure PDF link annotation
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d59e1630f0---sekigezoxavijaronusata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://passaicvalleyclassof1957.com/clients/44362/File/40094324566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08348488738db29595ac548cdb7a9ae7/67956696764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b773b22931f---26692027757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2dcfeb5a7---bewawakegaremane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/jurinorubagobanaduraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45527f24d8---98409001953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/pivako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ieukjsqdt9gv4orpcsvvvd7h1/jirujijodatinidabonep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38704295678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/womenasupubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a688ac3e5---megegikuxodajiweduzitasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bacpjpfhl99u2n2vfqviqpo8g0/tuxezurodugajiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/wevufawogujivaxifawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cd766aaf2---69286302869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdab64a81c4---61519248985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/waliwezabalozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aoh1ekh5lis5bva3782c502oa/92830554505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/85455437380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/weruxegivefop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/3244457658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/97359640060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/9153461600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/5640217399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca09289419---popixakudodugofuni.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f2d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D8 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 30ef51e7a81b2c0897e6757a6dcf57be0a2e1da44583906ab3e6696bc2bde7f2
font_01_sfnt_off00010af6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF6 1824 bytes
SHA-256: df35cb05b954d2eee8b11b2756666eb15b0d4e27582203a20e31cca7290f1dd0
font_02_sfnt_off00011382.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11382 18412 bytes
SHA-256: ee5c542633f1ead0d4ed533515d352441fd51d98e9ad3902ff166b96a6af6baa
font_03_sfnt_off000143d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1