Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c49d79559e6431d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 14:25:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 105813ffc913e26356ea2434d065cbb9 SHA-1: 465dce4d2f56cb7c9a7281b6ee462199291cda41 SHA-256: c49d79559e6431d9e3378f4e29a402ef95dfdb53dc21f43c2eaab3e2bd12c3c8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document's structure and embedded URLs are consistent with a tactic to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=erich+fromm+society PDF link annotation
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822ea0bbf83---remuzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef90d9267da8c1a2cf81bb6a75d8e17/solexedogeziputa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/pikakekezinovedupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d9e27ce7a---lagidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6b2f3db5b---zumijuxexoxira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1af3ifvgpda6625o6ij561evcd/pufosoxasugizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://le27.fr/docs/file/mosonegubovakivowiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avondale61.com/clients/e/e2/e25739fb73bf6f2fbed92e75d980d6c5/File/71515322779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787142f06b3---vadasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usarsenal.it/userfiles/files/61568770465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4051bsufd9dnuijhrfqlkmj3h/wibupori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lprskaarvnjbhfahslvijva560/rukutajewetuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://good163.cn/Uploadfiles/files/lebilawanixuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c03b76ebe---nefemisesotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e38c79d19f---35141915607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebusejemugenofatodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b53225306---talenuforowinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3efa5959aa445415ca1a5fc46610a476/nuziregamalimizul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9631e43d3b310f0bfc857624e0a279dd/vetufuxagowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/xawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/vititexuvaropagolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ede8b8b22a---34522899380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857379e502e---salakakumulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105181907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd220cd9c4fee438328aacf62b80ad29/93388209363.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_off0000f0f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001090b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1090B 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 466280479d3212be3676265e7366def124d950e42efd715726e1f84498a5e9b4
font_02_sfnt_off00012094.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12094 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 5d2a2633c6440353269189c97ddf4a2398170700fe5691365bf4e7ddb2329168