Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44da4838a1495b0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 04:46:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 5fdc3a9e02f087758e73266d08f52d03 SHA-1: 973a2a71f3c664130ddc3f2e7d3ed37cfc6f1156 SHA-256: 44da4838a1495b0d7ba03d4ba0a248e9953618a545c8d8974d9db1488aa5b606
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing and trojan activity. The presence of a download button lure further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e0526a4b2---diguxosuvevunipowov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/72639776343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gw21.ch/uploads/userfiles/file/3323764074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quinta.cl/upload/files/givuxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7t76q9j3hblndiiiih90rfnbum/zaxatobowimik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rzfmuhasebe.com/userfiles/file/98728803356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungthanhauto.com/luutru/files/gidezitadinomatami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/mafelasifulezolufob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/siteginuporirixilalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25005b6de2aa296cbcee2f3290a37b2e/vorovijawupowosuvamem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb79f058292033bb804f640bbe28e5c4/zaxila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a71368916d---deserebitazusexema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071abeb880ef---66780100563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aqib8hd6ajhkmh5socfp1al5d9/17003995504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/wagozefizawiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781a919d79e---49799005536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f51f74118a---4613475539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba99346420f---vepodamakakidona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///magakibegawemigozareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27e78eb69d---ratigekujupimezudivamogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/53599209832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607badcc1062a---zakipela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fe8c19d41739005d00a9675d703734e/xozumof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/kulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=multimedia+systems+pdf+free+ebook+downloadPDF 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_off0000dbc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBC8 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 8ea73fb3bdc15be37cd70dc022f21b7102cd118bca3205382248f6813d81c0e4
font_01_sfnt_off000106ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ee5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EE5 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 7138eebdb3fedfd01d598320b731e227ae48678412176e938d1b27bc4848f273