Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 444a275160b025b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:10:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 330299265b9994559af760b222bd45f9 SHA-1: e502776eddf40f4b24c9814575c8cb19d35226b3 SHA-256: 444a275160b025b2cf2cea61862b20d4ccfbd29229d206a5a95a84bc517f6c61
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage existing vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/lalupomagifixu.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1d342c91f---vawagikepesubopininim.pdf
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgsotr9d7oup8n32bv9glvrneh/zixavap.pdf
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/lelirixapoziwikowoxuvu.pdf
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/borogenagawopifunamusaz.pdf
    • http://belst.by/upload/file/54103067129.pdf
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de9nne929lv7m9blom13buffkf/karokalovabalezifepijik.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771e00db83f---fizezo.pdf
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/8378583025.pdf
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/83532977531.pdf
    • http://zatacorp.com/upload/files/lakepemaviwiluwipowufazox.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609211d7c48ce---71595157047.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fdaca4fcb---89493949773.pdf
    • http://be1971.com/clients/a/a1/a19be2fc4cf8b198b52f296748481ce5/File/9739937698.pdf
    • http://demkapi.com/resimler/files/lokarexipetugibux.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1a45de8eb---71587365328.pdf
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05om7m3oma7blenrhrp4d5hn11/23404306124.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2207831ac6---83974176749.pdf
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e53b156af---saxaxezexemajadazemux.pdf
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16199688193521.pdf
    • http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozabuvazer.pdf
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e3d7c8e44---60064229601.pdf
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/14586395894.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b02f2e72178---jilirokinupasuvegaxurifin.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=band+pass+filter+meaning
    • 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_off00016f04.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F04 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001871b.bin
8bcf200f41738f4a0b5b1aaa7746f15f3a3b6079004fc303fac071772034913c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1871B 10776 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00019fa9.bin
44a8b522997d118897bf17432bb342c6060dd4cca39172b805644253dad4a207
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19FA9 18836 bytes