Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43ee73c23a8b80c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-08-15 07:05:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 32b2ccbc5efb73c9e7bc346642b7da20 SHA-1: 9a4546c13781a85b59c9db521296ed01accf7b27 SHA-256: 43ee73c23a8b80c2fd5bb84ed3c8daf0ce654b1bb2cf5ef839d850a077d9dcc1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=calendario+2019+escolar+2020+sep+aguascalientes
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/poroxo.pdf
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26judkjramuiqtlcofccckf2bt/243683309.pdf
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diwiluwuwub.pdf
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/rijad.pdf
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd063ba89eda2fbfe1f105fc5bcd3ed3/mulakovademi.pdf
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dcf4a3e6ed0cbd8cc7f09b45b11084d/sonabokukaw.pdf
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/30724484144.pdf
    • http://www.yemany.com/yemfiles/files/87799596701.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/daxanekatifemotaru.pdf
    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/files/doxajilumepeserapelem.pdf
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/30840896599.pdf
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.com/userfiles/file/xofuwadasiwerezak.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9jof9smcjp9226m3mr5vf4ni8f/wotifalujepopokumovemep.pdf
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd45c8369f1306a1fe46577847d6394d/47754013841.pdf
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210812143000.pdf
    • http://yildizteknikelektrik.net/resimler/files/sakelikexoxom.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1694877b34---lokurofavebifefebojek.pdf
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/voa0ji22eph7mhpiiotmbov470/sikamogugaxibukekexude.pdf
    • https://malabarmail.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28675591975.pdf
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/005be718d1c4c5386e5967dbc0e05cb6/jasafizunobugumebiw.pdf
    • https://przygodanaukrainie.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/resujavekilax.pdf
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/48670163308.pdf
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/davajaruwuvaxaviz.pdf
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/sezafupudowiwama.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_off0000c424.bin
04c82738707518a20cf4c5c7aff04a443fee0ce2de14c2b10d5c09513fd6a0d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC424 11280 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000de9c.bin
ad4b4ce92dcd8083038d9aa1cc426dc6788ee4c6ad3f8a1c5fd2430298911c4a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE9C 17916 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010c0e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C0E 16792 bytes