Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f49ec72d8f0d2b7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:00:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 751ebdee7afb1db9094c778c700e8ef8 SHA-1: ea0474d455d7bce756e1ad7ff4fc1b19d25faceb SHA-256: f49ec72d8f0d2b7d2b6344ab67da68e883aed7dc66baf1c9e5b1d3d67b4403e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning attempt. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=arihant+general+knowledge+2019+pdf+free+download+in+english PDF link annotation
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/favasimimowilabixadabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210826_8CA6BFCF45BE17D9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/15319290857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95e9322e346b68e4a244b535793f269d/40248775406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c03b2b0c7f018051757c941d0a04900/sijilezekorakumikidube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unstk0j5liub5mhesgchjk8agf/piwubaxokiromod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rfinshaat.az/userfiles/file/serulej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/13765270791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c661df12edd---jaduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sisparts.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/66618118048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/42451373366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c1457ee4c---bisekaxizuresopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/33090990869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5v1r0msbfqr5gsikl7jnhp1fi4/89656609724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gb46cqvgsoq9gin4n28ha026s4/wubozubatomogape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/58522484225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbkbafwdti1ahihccrg.xn--p1ai/pict/file/modoradexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sooclose.eu/upload/File/77700565165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083afcb305a1---natugitonixuvosizega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/034bbbb553ab90c1661601617dae1e34/12191272460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/tizitotigifirebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778aed39c73---18063859864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094319038095---rozomakibato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d24b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD24B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA5D 19220 bytes
SHA-256: 2ec87849d4194bd8cd1c3d99095a2ae2a3b70a6a1d9ea4692d647d4b8fc23231
font_02_sfnt_off00011b22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B22 11396 bytes
SHA-256: 8c99b6b039334cbc5f4e4f9982439ce4f2e7f661aa85f163b5d9de003656b293