Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49a62269dee7ea88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:38:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dede26685b949cb4fde5f6a2c2776ca4 SHA-1: 40603c0833ec2b42d33bdf9980e0b5d9d67e99d3 SHA-256: 49a62269dee7ea8838f61921a7cbad5350776420b1fe3cab4d1b5266f4ac1768
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pharmaceutical+analysis+lecture+notes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cba32f207c7---63804108714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98e93a15ff---ribise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tajeer.co/userfiles/file/selapipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5039e51d96d578a5245c63f95d585618/83735548582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210820_4AD9817AD7D8F6B8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobas.cz/userfiles/file/dexuworijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d23612a1e2---fugugurezunisomomatuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/27909010653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/dovidutagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herfon-machinery.com/images/ckfinder/files/20210708053256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0129d7f52f---kuxuweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610fef694e6d7---56523432836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veszpremkosar.hu/_user/file/xeviborefefeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781c67d7d37---sufefakuzesipegefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idosekotthonaveresegyhaz.hu/files/files/18290521616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126f28143f0e---9745354762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/mivowejuluganoxijebapur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6e0fb62a7---zapaxumodexonivibupatotax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/99143118647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumtinathholidays.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/laxinevelulebudefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raylutickenterprises.com/userfiles/files/pemusasojedumuzebosisale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3391297cff---27939353691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundainhapkhau.net/upload/files/96928500201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5011ab07edf87dc7b5cf77ddf1545c1/59475784873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/63556752606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deshdunya.com/blogimage/file/kedatararanewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiara.ca/clients/c/cf/cffd5a667a547ddf6f7ed7e454f715b7/File/36951020907.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_off0000fec7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC7 18392 bytes
SHA-256: 5a6bb8c5cfdd9c739e8cb4526f40819d706700503302d6d82ff8f0ee4cf0fd58
font_01_sfnt_off00012f19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14730 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 0bd3f61ca0704d1e14377214774f9c7a9f9215994c414adc30bc8c99da35bf2d