Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43bb630b5da660f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:59:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a1eb4ed9fda76dd78f5a5e4197dc4cce SHA-1: efd65b76ae659190241e77eae3866959a38d0bde SHA-256: 43bb630b5da660f00454aabd063d5d2b80134fe06bd2a05f2f21503d22d663e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution vector, likely initiated via spearphishing.

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4e03725c63df559d48ef2473a5887f1/35753710851.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lev-steklo.ru/userfiles/file/vewitagetajetabigatika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/67635194491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f69eb59c7---xixodozonofutubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a8e795c66---86636981114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/sexowonesezitod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da22d4ed7ce---nojusuwelenojagemakaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/gumenadiwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98320048361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7e50b2c66---noruzok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44c0f2eb9a7adeec281378b9a61a6bea/38925001431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9dbb1a313---83730744290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/kosorajexizizopanuxuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b036c2f19622c97e6b28d16683fc9ffb/85327871960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/xasulubazomegaxutile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guvivivamakirut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbafeef9ab---totuvezemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportyou.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixozaguponutalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811404b2131---77252140674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matkinhantai.com/luutru/files/bibeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doktor-ara.com/userfiles/files/67612585757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bme74hae8k8cmg5jukkd7a6mo/63304004262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/manovupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=knipex+tools+catalogue+pdfPDF 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_off0000dc19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC19 20512 bytes
SHA-256: b67a93d82995dd9ff7a5fc7f465862cea9817433f1246bec9b7a47ad09fdd3fe
font_01_sfnt_off00010fdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FDF 10888 bytes
SHA-256: b0638d0108218a2af1cb0aa05667ff21ff7b922745769b6fdd2ca735c16045ca
font_02_sfnt_off0001290a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1290A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1