Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 849fc37627f2a989…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:37:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f36a77f5bc614c1e3ebe65980b18ae53 SHA-1: 028490fb675201ad4305101487cba70387cb9446 SHA-256: 849fc37627f2a989d14d108abf38efb9f59348c665548b50330092123d8e6356
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of algorithmically generated URLs further supports this, as they are often used to evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91a5e65dfe8897696abeef204dc2a4f6/83180486347.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/ruzuwelolejetiwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/23088137149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northcity.rs/slike/files/tenobepedidizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurhijau.com/contents//files/78262992758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/wizulobefedigudokatumete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7f7a59490---bumagir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buren-kompanie.de/userfiles/files/lemenixozutiwawugadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woorymart.com/userData/board/file/9943263290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromatographvials.com/d/files/74559180424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38083cbebc---zokuzafimederekakijuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-union05.ru/files/file/84205379268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c22126f6eb775fb2621c253100ad6c69/witujakamemokevujojoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m3hotels.com/userfiles/file/jekalanixofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemaymemorialgolftournament.com/clients/d/d2/d245e0393a5bbb16d67b82808c007790/File/34268067143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2i99os8reg3q7ji919hsivc66f/19351492840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svltv.in/userfiles/files/xerarefutofipab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12waktu.com/contents//files/pebigafixetoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da324902770---83164352989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071caacba35e---tipil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8fdc1a2448f0b3843d02979ddffa889/47942812455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvs3sfkp73skbht5ipo4qe0fr8/sadipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7556d726596d0da75342ef48586b335b/vipuxaxemuxivomopunem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vtq5fntash0aqu6ubi9r17el3/wirepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fdc2d4e16---87079731466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=agilmente+estanislao+bachrach+pdfPDF 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_off0000d7e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7E7 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 34f35ad22cc4602960315bef4eb7b45ff056bb6318ec944988378f305293344e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f16e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16E 17424 bytes
SHA-256: 266fdbe8d0c87b4a4681d24b941061ab6e5ab39eb46cbf8ce75cb1d19c757357
font_02_sfnt_off00011e0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1