Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44675e4ffc43583f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 10:19:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 312692dbdc4be65edc232bbbc5e78ca9 SHA-1: 78583bc0ba6f3b3e7b41515406aba2cc896f0195 SHA-256: 44675e4ffc43583fe505f46c0d8e1fac85d9c6c9facc61ca8de6975d3f9ff4c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to compromised websites or download malicious payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to exploit user trust.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=backup+from+an+android+phone
    • https://kuni.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tuxoxizemukakitukuzi.pdf
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210906182623.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd4b68a807---96871742518.pdf
    • http://www.oe.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gifidepumimuxibo.pdf
    • https://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vejemox.pdf
    • http://jolanyee.com/upload/files/202109021204226529.pdf
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/78916800626.pdf
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/birivudepotogotazisajup.pdf
    • http://btsoft.vn/uploads/files/titakozep.pdf
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c040c1a5bf---72680782383.pdf
    • https://merohamro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40544345888.pdf
    • http://bftt.marketsearching.com/upload/files/7308737538.pdf
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/80926260424.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f0db45f53a---mofopirafavomewuw.pdf
    • https://studyhalltracker.com/files/file/sijifegigavo.pdf
    • https://namhunglogistic.vn/site/files/senupotoxozifaxiwu.pdf
    • http://dioblina.eu/userfiles/file/90208561375.pdf
    • http://shesob.com/file/files/doxizemo.pdf
    • http://forumcutuca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98500536471.pdf
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/pavagodajewinolika.pdf
    • https://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/99541236276.pdf
    • http://gpp300.fr/userfiles/file/99165162745.pdf
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78159919271.pdf
    • http://metisentry.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuxeduzovapewalumojotem.pdf
    • http://esteticka-stomatologie.cz/files/content/file/6186548278.pdf
    • 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_off0000de06.bin
5dc98a24e6dfd611ce2ecdc22877bee014c7a1dc3cfb4403a939934bdff34314
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE06 10816 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6c9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C9 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010edb.bin
d37acca609951d6e0fd0c1b836e12eb7e8d953030d444ffab9e9808c23221760
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EDB 18312 bytes