Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c449437db2a7bbd4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 21:22:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: d31972ae63dbff13cc3f11476d2df1a1 SHA-1: e1720db01c3d41ed58e949092f137a24ba8a82ea SHA-256: c449437db2a7bbd44e2479fb14747828197a80c420dea5973152edc74fdaae9f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libros+de+texto+de+primaria+para+descargar+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/nilijapexofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf810389e02---taduvirumaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608601e17065b---judesupawusuneresaderales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/82877967225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/turazenewazikuzide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forresterfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/cc/cc72bfd2512333311cc1ef5a4fdef90f/File/75033408980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dccce16c2d---35306100521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b13d1beb547---fakewatupiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibconsulting.it/userfiles/files/wizejegizuvurumetiripe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a14f71025---18701143788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/35788194317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/72409197462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/bedenebojezitopitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/3628046241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumusjitu.com/contents//files/xidovewuxijekazozosal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/pejebupofow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b89b0d1b73fda064c9c3733f7601429/79938945143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5145840619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/xezutitubamiditi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e53ea08bc5a---pewonagoxaxaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctechlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wuduzagebimufijifewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdac87a250---loratitewomagiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aathichudi.org/userfiles/file/bidamevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4a28ba86d6---tevusaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/27347886788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olversonfamilyreunion.org/clients/5/51/51a48c89da211807e19ed56f8a1a1822/File/zemod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d65cea1f103---ferodabir.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_off00012183.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12183 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 0accf5aa400948fcddbafe548c3a9f52d5b3f2ffea789da5c373514dacc16d23
font_01_sfnt_off00013ac6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AC6 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 7997b99f0ef08d1361a1cd6ef70b66887412a547358d36a56201281dd525a71f
font_02_sfnt_off000167c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1