Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05644bbb13d4a2a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-08-06 13:15:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 450d3b0cf9679c906c093325997262fe SHA-1: 26901f36696bb8b1587fd443bd8e9c810321e0c3 SHA-256: 05644bbb13d4a2a14e029af8ccdbff8c66080f4e3d84d0078400852032df6136
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+use+a+wing+chun+dummy PDF link annotation
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087238074b6d---nojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160953e1deca85---fugefigetobulis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartekstil.com/firma/files/20954485390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/rasuzalevizuzefebikulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84c97b2b40e113d92254ce337677cf3f/zozazis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capri.lt/userfiles/files/jedaribarutidemobuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6edbnmriogs195b9t6fa9vmhn2/96676229124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haenuri.net/ckupload/files/20029076571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2009baef55---tunigusebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5d0d0e4f---bukabovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d93ff201d55---49887955591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/15658984762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1d3326725---44682122072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/30147546944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/2021617211291053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/lepitadifadivobugasiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/63012352818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eece130d5952504d6e6f0937ad39d10/jebirogotoduduwotawet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609689316ff3f---86714533049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandfiltr.com/files/file/99605889891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/kunesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/xogigofuwefenosisojef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe0a695f6f---93162067733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e4d517aa3---98462577406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/gijavekevajezo.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF518 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 7ca37c6035f6a9eed7dc69e1bc99992508522b9a8dad1bc8616dc860157b95ba
font_01_sfnt_off00012395.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12395 10864 bytes
SHA-256: a08189e9ef02a9715523c2ea69e6a94ae4c2496549f22d9ace1e1b6fd2741eef
font_02_sfnt_off00013c3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C3E 2864 bytes
SHA-256: c6aad7a810e19628ea5150c4ee0f87252789efbf1fd3187c7e60bbc1b4ba0f6e
font_03_sfnt_off00014811.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14811 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1