Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49d170010e28c277…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:05:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6c75ac61233374aac8dd7006e258b033 SHA-1: a65c78413092cee6edc776bdc47fa4ea6c21676f SHA-256: 49d170010e28c277cfcf6808153e35aa69e8049eea25b72a77a7f87e9ea3064b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest a link farm attack pattern 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=oliver+twist+summary+chapters
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5263308b80---73976845049.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c3b76caa6---jajejabijowovipifekav.pdf
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/zokov.pdf
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f6397a15943f5a6fda469ccd8fbfc2/36621316403.pdf
    • http://dongshengcable.com/images/upload/File/28523268933.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092986a40770---solonusefuloselixekaz.pdf
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab2c0b0ee8af33a2fbb175d227da868c/1722073794.pdf
    • http://hockeydh.com/files/ups/files/didekokibage.pdf
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/dasiviboga.pdf
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e80cc07f9852b9a5dfc6d888dd3e0c0/xilafofami.pdf
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071745139797---5006645709.pdf
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afab406a26c94f529eeab5a61f8e882a/xozavafu.pdf
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/93727493954.pdf
    • http://vieclamketoan365.com/upload/files/wadureruvi.pdf
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/8761813875.pdf
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/wubewewaxub.pdf
    • http://studioguatta.it/userfiles/files/sexewuxukexijufifuxe.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8cae082af---lebapasibisoviwozug.pdf
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e43e5ba08c5af9018d1bba1b2748d18e/63268548684.pdf
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/138f308eb59f2dc875c6e8d58f356e6d/wezevamizagaxidosi.pdf
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb4ad34f8e0a078f7611faa4a730efb4/94856697741.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3385e49a36a9fa62bf38c5263910484e/538016102.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_off0000d59e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD59E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000edb5.bin
28f2a0d653d0edd0a0b687a98dfabf6960744699d89caaee14ea0994a3be9d5b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB5 10808 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000106ce.bin
6bbb27dd8b24653eeacc516fea145f322afb846fed4fad9f8d97b39d1d9a97e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106CE 16788 bytes