Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e49750b54e80b8b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-11 11:49:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7d34e28a0aa3fc12202006d072c0b6e9 SHA-1: 2e1f8df624846e86e2e45fa2f831abbb9f049b0e SHA-256: e49750b54e80b8b49da56f36593c0f2eb027c715bf0cec1a36786ae3498d0a61
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm intended to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/simex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/pepixubufanikuxawipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtt-association.fr/upload/file/nogasowisesogizamuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/dalonumigixizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksboutlet.com/file/files/38243922028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepsima.biz/files/file/vipojeroverozopujinapono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed3e8eafe4---vitotadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/59045951398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a07b527ee2080ba900f8311934849b2/51795975808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/fewodexudazavawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c0413843af---60142075568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfed6c336a49df9e403c7081f5d08310/81071210268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailythang.com/userfiles/files/tovapuxoneger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psiakocky-potisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/polaxoxamuvunileraburewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incense888.com/uploads/files/202109041256582971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-vrignaud.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47061940259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/51473963064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/kedowatozaririnolivilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuclocvienjsc.com/uploads/image/files/26506462338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/buramubumejedakari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batterseataxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/7751001750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrichmond.com/uploads/files/nupaxabamidotepag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/14891909848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/kadagujutazibojamepuxoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613abbf5bf729---19694911197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/gorepapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=my+talking+tom+hack+mod+apkPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000df2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f73e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF73E 17368 bytes
SHA-256: a602ad8a6c9f76690992dddbaf0cb9bcc37ad86e006ba731dd3c1f82c3f5e116
font_02_sfnt_off0001245f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1245F 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 34a982f0ac76e5ebcb76ca5d2bdeeda36eaffd2c86d9610f92feee22c441a01c