Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44d1d507f0e93e69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 04:04:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cbf42bedf86b2d50376c6caedaada857 SHA-1: b5172fbe429591549ff44cbf9d9c9d81029218ff SHA-256: 44d1d507f0e93e69cbaab495b418314b45c45ff0a794c8a83916ca9b5537555e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 storage locations and other disposable hosting sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a39a70f35d---96481503692.pdf
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210525104621905.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b125d2a7def---salibu.pdf
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083430081a87---jijesov.pdf
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/180700401711.pdf
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/11164579742.pdf
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835c6c490b0---rufumurus.pdf
    • http://placc.info/up_image/65224824617.pdf
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c448c067bffea3662237a7b7c6e215f0/24762283808.pdf
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb4148be5e---34500998309.pdf
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/89845576217.pdf
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db8892f0cc5ef6b581ef16dc8a92b02c/sanupozoseg.pdf
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/creid17k9uf7n1q421bb8cpueq/wopeja.pdf
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609666e4e97b6---88852473808.pdf
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bb442370f09ee6d09792a73a8b1726a/97171082956.pdf
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c2f882ef9---devazogenipagemogedav.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b5b12b36a50ff8027a09e5480207729/roketotutogodijimexatite.pdf
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e625fdf88807bcbc9092e7749ac79738/80576426633.pdf
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e2eb5e15c651f0608c22c25bf4bd26b/rafuwuj.pdf
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e29370b5b---movadenaxuzadalatejimu.pdf
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/vofaso.pdf
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6f1737dc9482fb7fa2e20c491de5878/pefajafupu.pdf
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/38447372229.pdf
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/kawasusujawikojewavibinej.pdf
    • http://eska-lift.ru/userfiles/file/bigikekakafi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+to+do+list+full+movie+free
    • 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_off0000c677.bin
849e83a5d351b8e7c81948bd4f27ed2dc6947fe4963750962c8b5909cb0592c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC677 10484 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000de4c.bin
d663d00e40fa96a3e5dc1206aa189c8249c3d56323a31bd353f86da0c2012a70
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE4C 16544 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010899.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10899 16792 bytes