Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 444437702bf335f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:56:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b2e3588ad1ad84da85139ee8dadc0fc5 SHA-1: 6af31d2ae7448b6f9f7b478cd5ee1dbb8f599a43 SHA-256: 444437702bf335f4b0628efe4134bc0ec6d9cfee1ad788b17faeda0b6a492cf7
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of multiple external URIs and the overall structure are consistent with a PDF used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46fe8862dd---zatuwakidefovir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160970f793fee4---12584202979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609188c169749---jewuxevugexoguxenivivetad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onhimalayas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56723455612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scherzerpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nonimatokavagesoxonok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozasedexinoxirozakifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/14038589831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cymrozgreatdanes.com/clients/1/1a/1a407d8ccac5525c71aaafb6b4664123/File/18845920632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnspkjx.com/d/files/funafutuxupelenozejinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/bowiwuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c684ab71ff3---nokegogevom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aea4371fdd---xadoguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xofugizodijeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dafd007fbe8---xekigobetajatizeguniwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65a1d9a563061003c54476e10b1a9df0/20017327263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/12893400754.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1345cfeba---12960823775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saiprogetti.net/userfiles/files/fuwenaweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8520e0e93---xepofen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanedantoptan.com/upload/files/6782526136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103a1d90176d---62442603120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungtdc.com/upload/files/89001700551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095186f984c5---49121122766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8o6sqan3vcc43dds1g4evqpa6/togotowedop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kohphanganhotelandtour.com/userfiles/file/4548675296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+research+design+pdfPDF 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_off0000da7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA7C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f28e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28E 17236 bytes
SHA-256: e13fa02a6f27ac0a7af7d2e1297c96673ce19f154d92237682bb703714871a3f
font_02_sfnt_off00011efe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EFE 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 47bff717cb1a860907e51b69e7ca167674b51f79c373f19df342bfc6ede3cb47