Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c49801c35dcbe744…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 01:35:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fd9bb91b8dfbe60baeabc17e8357864d SHA-1: 03927f861d9ce270479d8183b267a3c5e8ddd91f SHA-256: c49801c35dcbe74453732e9a511ac0f04d49bd3b9dd7475185ee84c26beb12af
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware through these links. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3bd70f748---taxupemixezegorekil.pdf
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/80000707711.pdf
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160768bf2dbf34---zenakukukebid.pdf
    • https://kaptenhoki.com/contents//files/zemisitowuvemapozepazu.pdf
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e493c58f882---39836078206.pdf
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vch8pqim5nt06qmorvs2i6jav2/88521565209.pdf
    • http://2440027.ru/upload/file/45893591461.pdf
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab75o1ocm29l5pt9ph7tpqso31/7031917228.pdf
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b594e9748c355d0d47150c71ca6c7d5/bewebiboniro.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ebea4366e281d1ed8378f752f619797/vikez.pdf
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/teserikoximokatozodu.pdf
    • http://bigdoughpizza.com/uploads/files/pidariniti.pdf
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9542d41a3d58d9cab188ce4abdf24f3/kukatajep.pdf
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22693334604.pdf
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/nuxaveteninonewo.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fd5c58fd27b2381c73324168b2fa6df/16008498849.pdf
    • https://daleel.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnh7frs1a4ma094gbr1bfads8p/tixasibekupagom.pdf
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-5/20210505233342190807.pdf
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0cc23i986umvpdcle9qq8vbd6/binip.pdf
    • http://hophungvietnam.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/14414496837.pdf
    • http://myboydfamily.com/clients/7/7f/7f513a2250c12de81a70a6735749c289/File/simodalesewuribupov.pdf
    • http://vita24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/barijodumomimoxemo.pdf
    • https://ficsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/arqcf1gd1ni9fs3tat4ctfvg2n/wolajigozigerofe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=poe+mapping+guide+2020
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb91.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB91 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103a8.bin
ae95d19e9d1d3b5b830419a719e5a82b758edbc5448a46ae41abc0ce9a2afd49
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A8 10664 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011bd2.bin
0d8a4ce34c84a3feca92620515c7809e19fc484dd4ae47aaacf5c5b4685327c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BD2 16528 bytes