Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44452fa1486bf00a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 10:47:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 21c36d5cac6641ffccc479eb6cb5ecd7 SHA-1: 05a93000780edb1a51efb5d8eee45c7f1fb0168e SHA-256: 44452fa1486bf00ab421946d74e8a030804a4a7e8069576f4570ddf5d1dd42d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure and link farm characteristics are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=red+hair+with+lowlights PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bff3e414e---60959175147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b9fcfbfbabb9f6edc71d93c26561542/vibifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/zogamuzawalepoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca9c61abde---vefemivijodedeniko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa2b41b7b4---21904996226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/gavukuxurik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d30fb42231---4961520631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/142ea7d4f529d20d1d1fb79ba1be157b/27639865053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b15472226f2---31927270471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c665b8b91ae---19331447551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b65338d02c---poxenijikipobexerijisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/susemiduju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/nuxezisiwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbe9cb6746---sofuxewituwivegubunazov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24c171140419105f865f4a41aa791100/15298151204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0f1c4abf38---jexodubalotete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/fixajakunesubotonogejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/51498939264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33699364169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/numarurakide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc33ead933721bb72f5035edda69b53d/7741813531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casabresciani.it/uploads/file/zolatafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/10692736377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732a25c4d54---tifinusogekazuwavekogija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80736154c8a3acf65fa12e7e597094b3/3748106941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f28b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28B 17716 bytes
SHA-256: c950562b7f92da56c4b145d0b30f0c7791fa1acef6aa26d0c6c1ba2ad9a2ad05
font_01_sfnt_off00012087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12087 10552 bytes
SHA-256: caad4d435023b34e68fae723fe0239a3b07caf6c891ec63fd4c331143f01f5c6
font_02_sfnt_off0001389b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1389B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1