Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 443841cfd2b01aac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.5 KB Created: 2021-08-06 11:56:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: f6d80d36b800021927d4a5bde170d368 SHA-1: 56cf037987be521ec2e25d9da53d6b36624b442f SHA-256: 443841cfd2b01aac7d70738bb2b1d8bc31f3cda116cd0de5e595e6db52ab5516
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a user-driven malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d531e472a6fa063d1a38f8d7c25151a9/xujigirijenami.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/13268806928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/zisetujaloxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://somogyplusz.hu/files/wopitodududuwigelopeden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100f038d317b---bujutise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johncarroll1967.com/clients/1/18/1896e795ecc2602204d707ec4e69586f/File/sarirakedefupunonojolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5fdbab0ec10d52815ef5e73d771cd42/popuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/70670175556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ea5e8a7eb---nexiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/kugunumaxipexixigef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce917dee74b3ff0b88c1509335e1a602/xukavupijunefawufukavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/990fd5340f20cd5aebe86c3c90fb2f8a/41472727001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gchs1969.com/clients/867877/File/8681546641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://high-keenltd.com/userfiles/file/70079046028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1arbfjoe3bzh.xn--p1ai/data/files/2020414859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/206c6049df6fda35fd1855b0e7997863/vuziko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/61426104335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7r2mfsqrb7n1ef0nduuhn475h/49439736550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfe71f04f1aa7ae2b0818d7f3836181d/8871121357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffc9785502f---mofugopekoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okeefesreef.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97640780624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=cube+escape+paradox+solution+chapitre+1PDF 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_off00013017.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13017 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14829 17300 bytes
SHA-256: cc32a42a1f10cfb7daa20106bcd5c8c9a96773f376e382de4265feb10ae1a78a
font_02_sfnt_off00017594.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17594 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 14c8d5afed87f9b046334b0575346e799af01b2e779120ac5d6c2945ce1615f9