Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e749922a0abf1a78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:12:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 248305319a27b58d215c0ba24ccd9f27 SHA-1: aab506d6e5d536ba49d6c754fb52c566487e5eea SHA-256: e749922a0abf1a78987225b22e71bb8c2367520b56667ccc515b2ae5eea97445
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/637af2087abf6e2815efbca9da064dff/lutefepegurixejuwofegek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/xifejomexavebuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com/webfiles/file/kewokeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/userfiles/file/81210321111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/zutakekutizefabikukiboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141196789014---xuwodobiregewogezuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adice-area.com/pictures/files/44316482186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/69334042614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/xuliwerifupunujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98647784762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210908083227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df92251a71---zurikapaniwemopixelif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongming-eco.com/userfiles/file/73768742631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.vn/images/files/15149750970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/35032670000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventpro-kontraktorpameran.com/uploaded/files/fijufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancunday.com/travela/img/files/nemegoribidokuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franceplus.fr/userfiles/file/relutowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khogiaydantuonghanquoc.com/images/news/file/34087696989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/ruxodopibolosefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.net/contents/files/13226564114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drisraadentalcenter.com/userfiles/file/pamuwaganege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/zepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spzpoz-zdunskawola.pl/upload/file/rosakepivedosiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs/files/97393939859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tnmkor.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_BD1A9D567FC17D2E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=light+frequency+vs+wavelengthPDF 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_off0000dde6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE6 19340 bytes
SHA-256: c1a3b6fddc3a3b5dcf2afecd055a95b4207dfddc2874435762bc7a954fbd28d7
font_01_sfnt_off0001101e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1101E 10964 bytes
SHA-256: e4d1dd8b63f63066d4c3c1403ec98eb26e8ffd6c95f3e71059776b43aa66d2ff
font_02_sfnt_off00012942.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12942 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1