Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49a7a0e9d08035a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:25:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7801db60cbbbf89c5c7413eda03c87ff SHA-1: 4f97848af22227fd01d4bca9a3b72bb9d00a5b1d SHA-256: 49a7a0e9d08035a808d382b7f5217216563562c618bf6dbb7072e9c6d198183d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous embedded URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of external URIs and the nature of the heuristic firings strongly indicate that this document is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+wheelchair+measurements
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607102e64fe83---89780794683.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161007c3d976e6---84821654805.pdf
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080982f2be51---41496003571.pdf
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/zapixabexipajibemevetad.pdf
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d168c6b48046325141cf91357b52d3/bojedab.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f95494d300d9a4d64e044b0ea291dab/32965259311.pdf
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c022894ac6d---22844565043.pdf
    • http://zonweringbelgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44601227572.pdf
    • http://mrybalko.ru/files/paruderipu.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832c5b6706f---derurujasilek.pdf
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/30667794002.pdf
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb7f66d304---54173332945.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607259d1078b7---37183907726.pdf
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/retipupunamigaxulavufede.pdf
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/48130014537.pdf
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/wusidilenumoxa.pdf
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/90919184282.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607167944e7d3---42158789857.pdf
    • http://ntep2008.com/UserFiles/File/28813171758.pdf
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/fokapilufav.pdf
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ec09982b6d---wuzusavajonipefozezi.pdf
    • http://www.serenissimaservizi.com/files/gegokalonovola.pdf
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/wilevax.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728032bb6e6---13645127024.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfd3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7e5.bin
37e18d12c60225b3ce0b96cf59ed0b25795e201e1bbc6172720dae3c335a11dc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7E5 18252 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012694.bin
a57860512b3c1140322b89b0cf1105ece7aeed2c8851f1cacc2e48b388c1286e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12694 10556 bytes