Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49459e0e4d5df8e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-09 13:54:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 145546b92161fb51125989ca4e9c49bf SHA-1: 0068045195419a7ba64790775f186f8b69842a42 SHA-256: 49459e0e4d5df8e5291f6fcedc532da02772acc419e005847833488c5092dc99
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/20509324619.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://milosislandrooms.gr/userfiles/file/bumikabopazoneguwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aifimm.it/admin/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolerawesulogati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://professional-tuner.at/uploaded/file/resazuterazopevuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/vevuwunadadirepuweku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweed-trans.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33006534264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalgroupautos.com/files/others/28162777976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bong-dem-long.org/upload/editor/files/33477817897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/39064076507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maschimaurizio.it/userfiles/files/kotojemilawabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-07b6a75bc4d0.breakthrough-physical-therapy.com/userfiles/files/tegimopelof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unionnutritech.com/upload/files/45345115397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabandclaw.com/uploads/files/midemekowubajesidadunapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/rofeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doosradashak.in/ci/userfiles/files/17436498699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mercuresamuichaweng.com/admin/file/nosipura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ea54b14c3---63750078937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/buagcttv7neq158hq5h808f56h/20557991889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/zosatuwodojemagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classoft.ro/userfiles/file/pevelejopotawivudozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatshoulditcostme.com/userfiles/file/nezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613941aef0f51---xuguriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomortiga.com/contents/files/10696915995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/muwotikupaxifumujezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=creating+menu+in+androidPDF 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_off0000d95d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD95D 17600 bytes
SHA-256: d5cc464be8c3c4bad14dc951d8e97fd569703464d2ba6a06511c153f4c7c3212
font_01_sfnt_off0001076a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1076A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F81 10508 bytes
SHA-256: b4906ffc7bf023dde49b218cf49fd047656ce20e0cc96e1558f4d2b20a7b2df2