Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 443af1d4f4659917…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:26:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bd231af5745ca5c2588cfe6456a7379e SHA-1: 2b15679542c9c20914fb6ea77d30cc27e56fdb99 SHA-256: 443af1d4f4659917917b676950a1731a06dd06a33715957d56fbae7143946be2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple URLs hosted on compromised CMS uploads suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077813a3d8ee---femaz.pdf
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210622_A8577A32B597122B.pdf
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ef758e342---kanobiwajamekotejupod.pdf
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14a5lgsn3o8s69b22dmqo2uf75/74635848070.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fcc699266---dojajidab.pdf
    • http://svx.su/ffile/file/zedodokekaf.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48024127f9---49687187299.pdf
    • https://samyenngochoang.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmpc3al548pr0qkf0c5dsk8p7k/jizazoperogaxitu.pdf
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983bb83293b---11548240521.pdf
    • http://hoangle.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/52481837914.pdf
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6c8fe28c181f314ec57e821b9d363fb/52816484532.pdf
    • http://tremonttemplemacon.com/clients/862779/File/94160507353.pdf
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/bixixotagadok.pdf
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5beol3j85cijnqf4srj32n9p1/madopuzepekazovulezanutol.pdf
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/xosujukageki.pdf
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4f118217b---59778477218.pdf
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a677a58251e---46134345408.pdf
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/bojubezifojalaxade.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6467a02b33---79400702753.pdf
    • https://isosklo.cz/uploads/90362469034.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a1533a8c4---fedasaliva.pdf
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21bbafa6686ab077f5b50f98850da84d/40895450054.pdf
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607730bf6fb76---10702975541.pdf
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ab45dbe7774d9786efc892e113cda4b/fatifiwekurizapovufituni.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=2nd+puc+economics+textbook+in+kannada
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d22d782599c561797ee67eabf2e9ccab/32924262439.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_off0001089a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000120ac.bin
a2887c7aa0fee2415615eefd6f3c4f8af3627e33c96fae0cd5834be4dc2349d8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120AC 17240 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014dbc.bin
827518704668145c0311afb4518786f719f319c5d882794a6252df244a54d81d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DBC 10988 bytes