Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e949a5e56b07fe36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 22:15:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: a3854038ed8c2713d95683266e5226cb SHA-1: 20cc6d742f6cfd3049c5370f784a84eebfebfc3b SHA-256: e949a5e56b07fe36c28ca14bbb6af64c34d32ece48cc0a0a0593a07fcf30cf27
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+patched+ds+games PDF link annotation
    • http://assistance.uz/images/shared/file/37506752456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/rizerirewegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07f6890038---watido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easy2ticket.com/upload/files/ravelilaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/31011499422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f35ac04614fe93e49aabf6ddc0ebe74/41118241717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/gumoxajuromuwokenopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kenenirelopoparasemunovek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miturokite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/79551769248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/befirofotawalupur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilephleb.com/clients/2/2d/2d2188d13063160162e6e2bbcdac547d/File/tunaferasuninamapumis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c1d491ef46a22198f0fc08d706bb2a3/81493403842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/rifulito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pekingtogo.com/uploads/files/26253931720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63893cf803c8410a29577620f6476f86/mevaramakuwubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/78570883561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0e6543876c989fa94e1dadc7577230d/79027828372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://txextremecarts.com/userfiles/file/witebonijatipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changdahk.com/upload/tadejupumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6hv45e23j6j1b44gfpfpqeorr/25968307720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744ae47c0cd---lorugonumujagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a2a797198---wovikojujopufezuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cecev.com/stockages/files/26710870645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c99ff4b739---71811175682.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_off000106cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ee6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EE6 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 4cb63c985b4aff0867607e4c7338ac5ccb2ebd21494343aeed997b74b16eed6b
font_02_sfnt_off00013717.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13717 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 57aac5d9d9a3fb06e7906e95b8c6a554e120f404376d077d83444261d3ea0766