Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49e863866e5e19ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 22:13:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c021d40a77adbf77849baec1fd60d888 SHA-1: d03e571fea84b0c5ecd4a9c925bbc8a323b055ff SHA-256: 49e863866e5e19ace3b086e501f3f342a29480c5b172ead0469d120549763fe6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=current+eviction+laws
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/napovutogatogegokewuze.pdf
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c5bf9e312---75284232824.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afeaf38a3fe---68286023689.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u93vlttv73hriha9g29bvk3612/62909163610.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5fc8264c0d145d12e9a6c67845e43b8/15957791923.pdf
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/32572568424.pdf
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/58683890469.pdf
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58707726792.pdf
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/526513278c4176d80f8f9630e06a4478/gebosefugitomupepev.pdf
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/pivebu.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/729e7705cf8415d32e2bf103efb9fc52/33148699693.pdf
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wamapukobajulakunasenumib.pdf
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/84661860246.pdf
    • http://cosmic-kino.ru/sadm_files/4385436913.pdf
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/2685685285.pdf
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/movan.pdf
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/72100533916.pdf
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3e9e2836f---timosefudujibas.pdf
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609462e76bf74---16468049163.pdf
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/79537455352.pdf
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/fopiluninefekunisufinev.pdf
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b268bc0b4---xelidovilutokulewo.pdf
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c75297a878c---87178698148.pdf
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983264d4120---gubamab.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_off000118c9.bin
e49e0a51ba7b6684f159be73829aac6cf8cdc236d4e72778effa2066b7749782
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C9 10508 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000130ea.bin
36fbddbaa02ec04b127ecbae82599421be4878b0eaf5de58c0bc4b1be2f1e8c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130EA 17052 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015d32.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D32 16792 bytes