Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44631ea3529c4b07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:00:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 6dfb8942e010cebfcb0cfda0194834f8 SHA-1: e26a42992e797511b7966f6ec828110fedc7071a SHA-256: 44631ea3529c4b079ab34e58e6a8cc8346c28e99731296194a74f67166abc29b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The structure suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination through multiple redirects and potentially disposable hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l9e93st9s0rhmt8s0vth7db9tr/89440484189.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53a166db98---98683454472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/75605001174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8689d3179c---pifetilafapibomenakarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988c09c9cab---tomupizezajoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c760cc5df38a6c26d2178a5dc8192ea1/6809374308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a056c97b2af---rijalasujane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/najowutodesugavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/sokikisepizubeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086398eea9b5---kijupimemovesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070dc4c69aaa---tokawiliropox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bdbcc85a3c48ab0ef912b2a10a16950/vidosovutekuwaginix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814ac12a94a---xoxiloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/jamorebapibosulevafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkihale.com/userfiles/file/42462213936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/logemezekawufoganolak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/93263189446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace1cf9cba8---18360497150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a215495f2d3---3928842622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ild4rl53b1fffpjjeog8l6fpl6/figigomofarotodojonojagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13df031fc84eb5414ec09a8f1bbbd130/96171439140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e511c510ba---15364012836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21f862dddc76844afbcfbc6db6dcdf12/25723456170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cutting+common+raftersPDF 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_off0000e9c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C3 10764 bytes
SHA-256: ccfb265c4ca9cbef1db97b5ca8253dfe16cadcd7cef5371b4caf7595815fc464
font_01_sfnt_off0001029c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1029C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011aae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAE 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 575cdc82ad4e0603e2f6680029484a31075e8c63333e3bc09badfff458144fa7

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