Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b49872bb274b0ffd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:56:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8c34cb272af2ea1b94d1e4dad8fbc302 SHA-1: ea03f16b88e89d5ffbe00bc61e2bd0f289b165ab SHA-256: b49872bb274b0ffddbd813f70ca1a3befe51035274afd50850d689737bfa25f2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81fc1688ec6af88c314533d781dd5e91/96872636192.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cs168.tw/upfiles/editor/files/8722954945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/zeroviboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15278207863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerproductionline.com/d/files/tokile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jun-travel.com/userfiles/file/zasuvavisujapomavisomifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5dd2942419727a5502af720aace7430/ronageboxajikaretepavesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7372b3e691---zurisitarusuduzuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/97233754930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848699b4122---47357074055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/95886592206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/38986676648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fe1715e7b---42102818193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovalpolycoats.com/media/32066217318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4b96d136fad7cd28eba9a680cb8bb4f/muripavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5bae99769---bejokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ffc9ac7d32---1303352059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee7733570160a0627437ccd356987b7b/21041683622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mrh0tp6e43lthckiimgr5a2p95/24282013930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ec78912b4---zogotegule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/84507355948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/55416295812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/182ae0da4152e7f872ce39e1c352608f/51480104855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=programming+bootcamps+near+mePDF 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_off000155f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00016e0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E0D 10812 bytes
SHA-256: bc63856d5c4ebae9d39132622c0a0efd37ae384c1699cd6e8c9a61fba2bc13bf
font_02_sfnt_off000186cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x186CD 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 71b2b44a196c93f5e3844f329acfa6e51bf4a72e26be9f8845938a14bdc5a531

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