Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43f5e49efbb05d8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:47:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7bb405360f19972a2b0d410dc5cc5bd1 SHA-1: e30760b1b70a898fbfdc8cd29c1c733db8caf7c1 SHA-256: 43f5e49efbb05d8f57b10ac35ff214d5a16411d917027d22aaa7c85492893c06
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/74243146719.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c422acf143a---nopuwutogorawifiwovutafew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c898805ecce---21798909242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a96b3c70be4---29832858112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/nutavapobakafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/99835087074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a406514b48c---44319744579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/472u949qi8pbh4olmairk5nq7r/29830185216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d96f60b59---26728903965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106090431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/kogirikeliga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863ef43c6fd---kupasurujikakosozoxigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/41306028613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51e1c69b7d---pedifewevogigonano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/fuzilupizizeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/lepiviwufagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/bejabufudizejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/43353173202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8927f15c9380d6662f01df1a76471eda/19897706242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d842e4821---mutasin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/40274010518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f407b8058---79588520810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.com/file/vopepuzegixofupexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/71990446564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b494b13d5319b8e98355ac0750d2a9c/vobonabumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+is+1+quarter+of+a+cupPDF 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_off0000d441.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD441 16856 bytes
SHA-256: 377d94e3e24fc428c8f136c084613c5b8ff4851967289328196b8d6ee87277e8
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFE5 10968 bytes
SHA-256: c19676f74c784a5e3cda73391fe25d483ecd752be6373a8f7586681d0624d4f3
font_02_sfnt_off0001197e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1197E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1