Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44cdd8378a10c02e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-07-26 09:37:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: b8a3738ce189705e54b0ea1afa32c3db SHA-1: 2b512efc22897063ef31e342c6903be01fc04d53 SHA-256: 44cdd8378a10c02e955411b5f366cbe6b8fa133a3a8bfcb68b70c5fb9dfc3230
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload sites and disposable hosting domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of PDF exploits often involves embedded JavaScript to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities, hence the inclusion of T1059.007.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ace6dd081---88406352392.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/um9njhg9sga8dnseprmhloub66/24163885406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/91931356891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607753fb9f263---vuvisesuwaxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b838d662d8c---luwogigefavijufux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714e57bfd85---metuxisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5b5f25836c15f131620585b64db389f/senaxusiremubuketavovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c147634f98c---27064281498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5df6d5789---sagarawetoradopaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/59603663040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/68027745212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/xegoxabowuwugotesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siangyun.com/upfiles/editor/files/97724200539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f16666a46060541f35a4718194df5629/novitutekimadigupaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b4e8690b6cd9a9b170b3e8bd4a37004/45635388070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f7ea75176---navad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limmaginebistrot.com/file/13315682535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cansuyu.org/resimler/files/37346479982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/mamebozegipezorar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhopphat.com/uploads/files/gitinizudurizobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/neniwobimigumuvopavabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09v6loviit6kpvja2l660u4q11/pofikufofilegukowasozul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/48064677367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/nujuluzajazivasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f06f1df9d---30499521249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+solve+inverse+variation+word+problemsPDF 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_off000104cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CF 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 1e3f3cf050aaac2bc677722e856677bb2ea155c553a83de02b1a1fbc9b63973f
font_01_sfnt_off00011d8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D8C 17016 bytes
SHA-256: 0821431df187585ac78a77663797b4b6a2ac365d31c434b279d1fa3900367ae6
font_02_sfnt_off000149ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1