Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49fceeb3b1e288af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 00:15:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d5605763cb84fc779e3ebe7a8d9f57a3 SHA-1: e44efd488d3bc8bb003075fd50ab019bf1fe0dbe SHA-256: 49fceeb3b1e288aff72fc72fcf1c18dfebb7b637b444df2119fb63f15ba5833c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further payloads. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings related to link farms and compromised CMS uploads support this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f6e7cf912---tojovoxopibafonajin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adadb140b5c---64725748642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800b59cc826---80519444766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photonics-science.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9890467419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51585a520ab956479c08a0ee510a62cd/vogunor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/31572006442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/92145090143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangyiphk.com/userfiles/nubawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/wutenilizopelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdf88860c2b---55164401919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skatrip.com/basefile/skatripcom/files/60629224141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607204f4d3430---79646701604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/rikonunelivixizotumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f98f705a89d11478c411e2cf46592a9/junomupalol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93884e4b86---9517156730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/96263567709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vj52vs7ufqc8to8g1kd7rkjep3/vepufesifufesexine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daquin-ferriere.fr/userfiles/file/digapewoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d3b9f1b1c9c64774377e7bedecb0bbc/37844856002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e41a4337df---99502704267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flomojapan.com/upload/files/xudinexugarodepumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/4948099076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=download+driver+usb+asus+a455l+windows+7+32+bitPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000dd93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD93 17148 bytes
SHA-256: fe57fef4e8718a71a99bf07bf6ffdc209dee09c2d1e351e494985aad97384ac6
font_01_sfnt_off00010969.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10969 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 76f36c5b5b7114122ceb176c94ca852af7483a4ff61c30cc79742a19ef266a00
font_02_sfnt_off000123eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1