Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49862d43b1d5cf5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:56:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b2ce3fc9b586d591d47a9ed6fb6949a5 SHA-1: 52b2c7550f23db4f77fbcae73d96e332d4182a3c SHA-256: 49862d43b1d5cf5c6c8b6220f038a8e29d90c48d2e23656548041d757e262aaa
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content. The presence of these links indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://klimatyzacjaradom.pl/userfiles/file/lavetizujulemalu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19058970677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/93515033651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/9127007065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/36836025238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05f9a8a500---21222022036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/10194358718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permianhighschool1970.com/clients/e/ef/efee9fcbc667252fc4b649c8163d3733/File/40111354168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607766748aa8c---95837968987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbqrr20eo00sgmdqhc1d6nbiqt/ditimupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/wevuwupezoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113724111239---92266991889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-kitchen.ru/files/files/wasinujomawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lorj9202f257phlfok85p7mn33/61161631904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dff157ade---8452957959.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://northcoteplaza.com/userfiles/file/36539861170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/poxeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3dd4e46c35---pamuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/terujarixed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/nanigorofekadoguzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesimodetivutajovebilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1fhnocvvpfju2iuptsqcj8u8v/wimoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/gonaxamuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=websites+like+chivePDF 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_off0000f66b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66B 18856 bytes
SHA-256: 09ba93d47980c1ee6f0969a5b751ee695b9d1284360fa000f62cf77031601ab1
font_01_sfnt_off0001278f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1278F 10132 bytes
SHA-256: a930a5473a894be1ad77ecd141180e9b8089c3de1398c39f4bfc21c8819938b4
font_02_sfnt_off00013e60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1