Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43944deee63bb953…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-07-28 01:49:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0506fc32bf8928a2eb5ceacef3f3ee7f SHA-1: 8dce0e9692b1067f43129063c07379f3d2c21e1e SHA-256: 43944deee63bb953829ea7dad957f8fcb20d21ffdae1ffab4aaff0dfcb87b711
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains a link farm pointing to various compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, disguised as legitimate file downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or phishing content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/5675991297.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/93778103424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/xorudusodegufod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/pibozalamavafupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/50192557747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neksav.com/upload/ckfinder/files/38162906424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eu8glqim4dqqmk0v54va1q7c75/golunamejubepopevolane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/07/09/file/wirupamij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/nejokovuxotarufejeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/67930793343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/47257786159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609357a2e5fcb---kovolefiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d636e631edc---84566284935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609227fe6e006---60946418620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jogforbigt.com/clients/6/61/61f7a61d17da296148a50ccd59c4a139/File/80978784651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/28213528300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609627b5c802a---xabarapapiwimudobuzojebax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ckpn99nfgkujof6ltsgsjrje4/murepijobowigeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/suxagifubalamunozipiwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b5d5ae85d65bc220ea86abb83177b6/90546039642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/refodobovamidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e906d25fe90---tifidezomaxiserenozov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/lunesoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/73569523730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6812e42c07---88342276986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=network+marketing+books+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00010b79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12390 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 6a3d16035f8f2c77e406e2b89bf816578846b7fdb523dd4164458285e4287264
font_02_sfnt_off00013d2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D2C 17852 bytes
SHA-256: d6a52433ee88c730f6bdc023575074ae44fa8ada10f45d30c07964d33495d153