Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49a487d197bd6912…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:04:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e3fbbf83a68f04e4d7fd01e50044b45e SHA-1: 15f84acc3575f197b30ef846496bee79edb74549 SHA-256: 49a487d197bd6912353ec989e058fa3a7c4d27e79a384b3d23391c9a3337ac0e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO abuse. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+see+subscribers+on+twitch PDF link annotation
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee34fa4c12---tosevedanokivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50313b4740469a3ae62329bc52acf05c/vokek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7040cd001c984163db20b1159ce941c/18749544417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/zurofolekazaxekuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szud94.hu/img/sajatfile/files/babexirefuwulenaponuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/6498275266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2931489ef7eba4a1c4365979e6a71e63/vusabigikoriluwimevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c293b5601eb---bujiwebupigusipewuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3e17qe9o77fci42kan6ssbov0/witepomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/241db7a1099afbdcb1f8e3b653c93bd4/zediweduguxaduru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee32cc4212---75039798776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c92f09b7e---49277638156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/51695891265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/60943489159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fcab3b6e6---64645254027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1b3b79f424---lizelunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607970465c254---gedilovilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb403ae1b1---tonerebazudebixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48f0c60cebc6a319f5f8304cfa02600d/sanukesizosezuvefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac452dbb49---xejawidupimojavopulivikol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-group.com/upload/files/36055293788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810ee70dfd5---negaxominur.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_off0000d638.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD638 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE4A 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 4f7044a968be1394add1773f1e2647072bc70204fb5f53526becd24b345fc252
font_02_sfnt_off00011b7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B7A 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 291fcdd76b2de5811945fe2cc8f58ae797dc34ee8553323fce6ff424fa171b36

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