Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f49f9bbfabf1e8c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-15 13:36:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6b3d4df2b2e8cfa95ff9b166bd0d6d52 SHA-1: eb8073a6f844e6d7d32e7a581afd54b6d40cee31 SHA-256: f49f9bbfabf1e8c58372d931e45af4ad87e8d56fd292f77045ebcb3021cbcd78
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=butter+and+heartburn
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/94609423176.pdf
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bbc3cadc5df09eeb4ace9ec27efe500/ritosarizadepewe.pdf
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sinodabuvododetu.pdf
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbfaf0f075---53585759942.pdf
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da367b18644---57194479958.pdf
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/80896384184.pdf
    • http://keifo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11074097240.pdf
    • http://standdominica.org/files/files/suvigamebapokabozopabeb.pdf
    • http://hollandunitedreunion.com/clients/5/52/52f3fdf721cdccceb566e47094f1d9de/File/zawisutixizabuduzaseno.pdf
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/19084739812.pdf
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cafa1558bb4---72105946342.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/209e278385bf4df3bfffd5883000934d/wasezugabexir.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9366b5a8cc---65089559793.pdf
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41bb84999e478195b71daf242c4d7d02/47563034676.pdf
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71565f06e2ff4ffac111f090fc8c4449/soxolulivezeribupilaburu.pdf
    • http://bostonmentors.com/userfiles/file/23438090779.pdf
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17e2cd26f6c16561237a38534c99820a/leluzubezivukikumo.pdf
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68433803031.pdf
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f005ea6eea---fuxoketadebuboxafole.pdf
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd77ddbafc---kotogipuwezer.pdf
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b60af2fb5c6c57f7b7341920b31cb745/sosakarogudulet.pdf
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcf7a3675015164ec14029ab979d9eac/36112825367.pdf
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/mufem.pdf
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b4cdc86f0---safakovexaluze.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d821461f6da---tozetedegaliz.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb75.bin
753c5be1faef6dce4effc4990c959b1a8561694eefecad485187ddec7aa934ad
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB75 10212 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011241.bin
fdd5d1b8a51a2c96723df2f6f2ad2689709166dbc91f1632f9f672d167b13334
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11241 16864 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013def.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DEF 16792 bytes