Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49e13692e718d0e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-08-29 14:10:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ac253ff3cfc8252018adbcce43be246c SHA-1: fa8e5ccd424f9e4c3f492c56f6ba92ed139f275f SHA-256: 49e13692e718d0e3f79aafc34b3c184e392c05fdc2318d76933b48105000cd5d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' indicates the document's content is likely a fake invoice or payment request to entice users to click these links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sample+letter+requesting+prepayment PDF link annotation
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5df443a5345c56cb1bb53201b1acd11/bepifadumupunerowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be5ffa765c2---lesitopegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xazufolomavesavoked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/fituzovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanmuabancongty.vn/images/content/files/saxifalosataku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://househouse.it/userfiles/files/bafokufawijebovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76d020a182fec91aef933d458b76abc5/niwizadanemajek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/kenulavotenexebevegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c68722854eb---70093843311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c86bb1650a63680072ae7dae4483e8f4/40807160406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saydersan.com/firma/files/195733877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097000131d1b---4943960109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92c39a592b4976457869b05cf0b8741e/15958617887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halaljones.com/uploads/files/46767047360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/wapibuduliwekokima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/tawixefefabagaroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/63944688426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubkdo.fr/img/pics/files/bofesadurejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609858fc06aa4---37057874586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfse.co/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1627988373_413f37bf7a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f13f9261161170459edb693f5a5eb933/36650656656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611df93b1ebdb---rapuxejomizitikobowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65500856757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kl0shs0m6c4us19g9vk4jpa2tf/55706696693.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_off0000eb24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010336.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10336 17288 bytes
SHA-256: 8a1b763856d98779eeceaa92132156945569efeafe9061cffa4aa0a0a7874a59
font_02_sfnt_off00013011.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13011 10908 bytes
SHA-256: a9f23c578af54c03ec637d87084ee94fc0332dc4085373c66c00d0af47ed9fa0