Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44e4562c7ab78529…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 10:46:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bdfd0093bf8949e50abbc2d5fc64fc68 SHA-1: c39de4bf325c5cee4b16867d4f6711933fee9461 SHA-256: 44e4562c7ab78529dc066e1bd87e5fb03752b1d6682e9919c9870cf3481e45d5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://chungcungoaigiao.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/nudaxexezutozu.pdf
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/robebidiwofogutaxotibu.pdf
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65543a402149ce8c55a115d2e512a770/73818410282.pdf
    • http://betonkeritesek.eu/Content/files/jupisusukomonigob.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131aa3646d17---dedogi.pdf
    • http://manpukuorder.com/uploads/files/gepimegojex.pdf
    • https://www.scmsgroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75157403170.pdf
    • http://springgalleryng.com/Images_upload/files/boxijo.pdf
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/20106130833.pdf
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-1/20210901072518767064.pdf
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/mowimozalo.pdf
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lojoranadawokiku.pdf
    • https://rallstarawards.us/nbloom/fckuploads/file/30235566588.pdf
    • http://strandedtattoo.info/file/kisazifuxorokipufejux.pdf
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161412570afaa8---raxipovunulifidebigax.pdf
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355a8583be8---40228791640.pdf
    • http://zzzwchem.com/upload/files/95179089619.pdf
    • http://7166867.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8090575563.pdf
    • http://dalieuht.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/nuvobejavemalidav.pdf
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/janosazitozo.pdf
    • http://hajnysport.cz/FCK_userfiles/file/tejebilitabajikubi.pdf
    • http://ltpbetel.ro/userfiles/file/1185653867.pdf
    • https://www.hmgfinance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74746796599.pdf
    • http://autowassenindex.nl/images/uploads/donosunupetikituxawaduzof.pdf
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d0aa451df---jubumumeloropubexabome.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+world+to+come+book+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_off0001019b.bin
3c95c67d53a4fc905e795d14f210b1374361b0009bebe99d37283cd2ee13d32c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1019B 10640 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000119c6.bin
85c0d9e166eabf3faa5d166541904b5f7046ce7a3c3da173bfbb87d4209e1c0f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C6 17256 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001468d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1468D 16792 bytes