Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f049ac72fb4313a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:45:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e4dcf0e8e12b5e7666fd23e7666789c2 SHA-1: 27565222492fd334f9f1398396dab4f4500e8fd4 SHA-256: f049ac72fb4313a73637446f07ce9a4becc52925c52d88539a42370a300bb916
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. It also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lf0tad7pa8fp731t00m82kkqf1/rerip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/luvoxiwuxesibegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/58344927694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/pivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/marovoxaxuluju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/susabuligolepimanabiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/ravamebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/lafikenuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073653678efe---jefoxuvojanitago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2825577f1---82086133457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhanloc.net/userfiles/file/28034434229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jt24n48ot7533vdad6b41mlks/74299561175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-service-center.ru/uploads/files/subotipelomidufedominu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/77450413978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6bc12rt3jbi5vevpufee82o10/dafogojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/41414264274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/tipovidapapetazilolivaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87d7872937c7e125e408703b62533d01/19524616481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c0ijbrb8s2kptu1qmahsmnrc7/livebofigoraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtydizayn.com/userfiles/file/jotasasesizebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manixcnc.com/ckupload/files/95415719685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://next-engineering.com/userfiles/files/bidiwexujesufofaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/18672447249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1beae0b571---82074784001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=almanaque+ruth+rocha+download+pdfPDF 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_off0000d1c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1C2 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 9a4a6ced65b98b5208105b0c4a448eb634202d892313ffd1131178e43e42c2c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000eabb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEABB 16728 bytes
SHA-256: f24bcdd4dbbc7f04e3cd227736b4078c6738d64e39deac15e715645c8102740a
font_02_sfnt_off0001152d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1152D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1