Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f049a2dc393a138d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:28:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8f5e257fcbc00e49d813d53ecb170f97 SHA-1: 0bf8f877a3874adf823a0a0b7fafdf27f8ea6c0b SHA-256: f049a2dc393a138d99ce6f00f32eccf0b9f4b0ddab12c03f8755840358109ad7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO abuse. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+biological+weathering
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/28006770871.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c762acb27---bumop.pdf
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/zekilesa.pdf
    • http://fbchitchcock.org/clients/8/8b/8bdff38a390027835eb24981312b950c/File/88677907418.pdf
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nizikufeporinage.pdf
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/27653982753.pdf
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074cfed03d23---lidatixam.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8fc4523ec9---zasoduzivutemo.pdf
    • http://harc-ias.vn/Images_upload/files/jimujepamemev.pdf
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/36706857354.pdf
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8482a3b240bc76da2d3a06db28bf3e5/zutotugimujadixesotuga.pdf
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/91934753280.pdf
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a62c62f4f---94705182821.pdf
    • https://bio-obst-und-gemuese.de/userfiles/file/60546762215.pdf
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9d3729b5e83d9e1fc56342a7126deb/11383142021.pdf
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/91860099522.pdf
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/55009571310.pdf
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/vobawiwopotadosijewi.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9c9de77d0---zobefu.pdf
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99c367ed47f260e05d223f382aa04ee6/dopogewemudave.pdf
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af73c265e6---rugovuwano.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2df84e6263---65982217336.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_off0000ed58.bin
fc2dd6ebd8df7027df9c1166747e996d19127cdb33f30992d8f34c5b994594a0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED58 11064 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000106f6.bin
4e650d41778d1ca015ce1bcffaf88163061bc042e355f4ea417871e429a0c496
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F6 16324 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013145.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13145 16792 bytes