Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 443bb61c29358c73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 12:17:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a95837053e688f1e7d225710de384a53 SHA-1: b6db874858b2ba3feaaf9c25dcadfb4a35fd838b SHA-256: 443bb61c29358c73c146cf1b650a09aa2e3b95008372e70339d317ba0f292fe4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites hosted on domains identified as disposable or potentially compromised, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is designed to lure users to external, untrusted sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/86111790257.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c037aa7e03---wafumepigakubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baff2961ca0---voniralerozabijulakejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/pivepugidifenopuzejubexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/06/01/file/20210601_062730_108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/duzabubabexezifogedaluxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0419d81870bf51ca05324aefc8b74b8/nipatusunalixegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/60018173447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/88881732255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3955195430786691dae3b729727c10f7/kekotarigulitizurej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/51745305128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff79f565fea0949b37b8a6f3a7d3660/wefekori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karunb.com/UpLoads/files/vonab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siposferenc.hu/html/34793012675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/zomugobod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609407a40198c---35918023759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608154cc756df---jukivivexomigoduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc2621716a5d86ba10d6c1ed121536d3/64620428037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6i1nmensjdgnrhgnii4h9o1nf3/82839749881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/89129199203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb0e0d159a6638784e2cad39fe09f423/34828083972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/21363965254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2vjflc83k9b4umt336ddno5s7/bafuregelerikorozafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c4472a3e4---bumes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/71622012199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff3b1d255bef6d5acea0ab0dceac35b8/26015911455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/52102176468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=life+expectancy+meaningPDF 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_off0000f4de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DE 16740 bytes
SHA-256: 6767baaf8770b075fb9b4e58a74b8e607e7f727bb00aa97080fa10aa03bb1238
font_01_sfnt_off0001207b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1207B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013892.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13892 10560 bytes
SHA-256: a5cfac615595748ac6117b53194c8ecbc9afab9939fce2d29890cb17a7e473dd