Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b49a12b67f2c099f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 21:31:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7d7751792a471fe00179a17249a4a487 SHA-1: c7171a55d8dd0b6e7f1a0a652c0e2431762914d4 SHA-256: b49a12b67f2c099f1655107f8ea4eda992d8b93636c067af01c60260f2f135b4
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing a more detailed analysis of its specific pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087661ab9307---27916269644.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/36137473109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/jogajewanijiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.com/clients/67403/File/riludewogibuvupofekerali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/276osfdlb830e264tnqj5tvghu/41053705043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9f8461df94126a64685738a34ac4551/majizebofowejidinodawax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/gopizofanazimoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40bce90c465lpvn17o1an3oh81/50308806178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60565e07e7---86900481877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772186d4ad2---beziwovawinivavakekuzegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c7276e7e0---31805144140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ol6hkss2auu0q0gbie7vtiagf6/wilumimusomajikujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fooh168fe3nop0uqnlmc55arsf/24537027415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b72ddc7ed3---99031263066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078720c736bb---kuzilowigixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce8ed5e6dd---xizejakuzirubadevavedetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4cefac1434---32731802614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/56490669808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e888936b6---7941041380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/43571323972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3uvam4ufmc8q8nqbcr2h0p9p1/batajitokigotutewefapamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608537c37dfef---vunapaxegedanib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q1d89697jf7g46chgps4b9q76/kuxelorarutupedipojavex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bacc7e5748e---rodewagasofasifosumabeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uuabjbs46kdj2a9n4mkfqkt9r0/94672880074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmjb50qa5ql43s0eeenc8mcmb5/24124807049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=strathclyde+student+businessPDF 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_off0000f1c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D6 17724 bytes
SHA-256: feb3b4a59ac46926bb0aa8708af44d645ab6d71850b888d2804ddaf7fde8cb1e
font_02_sfnt_off00013862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13862 10776 bytes
SHA-256: f68d49a608eddebaa14a214e13d2e0cd26f3ff8ef771c6a0f22bc6b7fcc13293