Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0049176e150e43c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 22:08:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 37f75b1c00579b69a61b8c8db95adb7c SHA-1: 31f571916f5afb18547d1f77164ed9287bf48a64 SHA-256: 0049176e150e43c5a887afd51531e1df50310038049f6485c6c166150aefd039
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brain+test+110+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202162165034041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3dc01ae1fb6fd55692da96bddd4c7c7/leduburezuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929af3e99eb---siponopivomiribagidopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c48c06e2b---siwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bhpvf33r0trt7lsmbq0nu34l7/41228489281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210510074353652561757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5p8kkr7fi7pjetrtmgln69g9f/doxubudirosija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/85764266586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b45c2e366a---konupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5lhf6eae551jood95s7fc0b84t/bojawuxuweva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/089d8d43143a3e421b2d8ba7f02b06c6/nuxarepifidetovijijex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/87622376005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7aee2f875769e1b90dfbb041f1a79ac/49179999162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881c4ba901e---rekejagibutanubatizitefal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbeunq3l496dicu9utv4gt1ro3/22514019142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/40235715696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/406448659e1e6c96d468915fb451b42b/83534512379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609846f839194---75350799818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-7/20210507012440315819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvts0t3d6p8kq5vd60tiesquh4/fevunavitepapik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/xekojerunuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856e2f244e5---lutepiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71uim477kg252jna0gfn43luj3/zaxavowumejesuvolotos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satybharat.com/ci/userfiles/files/55993547997.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_off0000f315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF315 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B2C 10248 bytes
SHA-256: db32c15fa1f7457ecbe374d0e64ff4349c0ba0c1174d70cee757f4e9593ea29e
font_02_sfnt_off0001227a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1227A 16932 bytes
SHA-256: b8a3df1777dc2038567250fb4134a830875a0d3d182246fa43733284712ca02f