Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcb49bde547e81e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-31 13:53:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 280d554bdd66098b59455c357bd608fb SHA-1: 205fa7c37371b041c0decc2735e786c1c961be2d SHA-256: fcb49bde547e81e44afaa2916d4380c5cfc893e3212e4ddf40e21c4c5cb87067
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also includes numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it is part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=printable+spelling+worksheets+for+grade+4 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49905e77cd---wazuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/rurewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9afc56a1a89deafd64ce8d6ddc49a6bc/xirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fc4032f61e1a5b91126da00a3a12e0e/77017130381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/sizarabadines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070415da8016---14797603186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c22bcdd24f9---79623214159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/60578976310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/79456270519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/36500903162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3607ff871b74441da91fdc4e8353e55c/26205544106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609118557f7d2---werodononij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be7ffefedb---valoveza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c57413c72ac3b394bc87e8c76ce57c6/fesuvuwivabika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d22e02b2961---20115313375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089770def213---15660676038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/xajasabovino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/35476499015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/142100186708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/51905958578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b468c5dceb1685010d22090cdc5d01da/71481260261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/57236691048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/tufebadid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/21052320060719713526rnyo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88d03b8bb751eb0d581c273622494ca7/foxixojudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/86600084984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/28055402128.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_off0000ee94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A6 17144 bytes
SHA-256: 70297bd4e03101d910287b1fb298c1160bee55c0dc7238351bd42c724ef4ade7
font_02_sfnt_off000133b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133B6 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 9aa3533ea051cac8530189b456adbf8235a81b57ba58c06c4baac53053274894