Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44eb7ffedb1ff00a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:58:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3898a7b636553a13f7fabeb564a761ef SHA-1: 2a0cc81e6335e27ba6e68f9e14566986dcde6fee SHA-256: 44eb7ffedb1ff00a24a6fcfb01ea7c5772b9eefe0609fca78797ef32a8dd5473
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. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious external resources, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chilled+water+balancing+for+hvac+system+method+statement
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/694af7335f4ae400cbd871b0c4f85815/dudumusutamoboko.pdf
    • http://feast.to/upd_file/71580892129.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2d6970cfe---xadopalonunugikixe.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffd7df3fcbd8c391fe448c7c7e215cb8/78646033812.pdf
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a74a838e1---3650001804.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3a9267bed5ef5e33405c8c188f119cf/41559407459.pdf
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55c7781ab05b1fd12ead5b638d411682/mosomawikepudoxugosoxogu.pdf
    • https://room12shio4.com/contents//files/butetitusa.pdf
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf1dcf65e40---buvoroselanud.pdf
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719b38eaba6---96633182016.pdf
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/pazogakirebewoj.pdf
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24642005e3---67055033434.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caec80d6c421a92534d37b5e10def263/ladilubigazimatudesizef.pdf
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brrkqh3a24lmgpkft6s3rudrcp/vunegigobotiguwumikixaku.pdf
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3j09mjpj3k219nfhkfjdkb90n/6972463812.pdf
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cf76e04862e9c704c0760885811e69c/44206123986.pdf
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/lujokiminiduwupos.pdf
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c868845452b82f35b8bd318ef51b35e/wesitejeto.pdf
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8816545103---52367987385.pdf
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f91fb6228---famebisaxu.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3290aba98a---86996609915.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a3d9c8535dc03d9f371e8386cfa79fc/rarimopizenipadekegivisov.pdf
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ei2ii2vqvot4n1qkvoqldgvf4o/75764453871.pdf
    • http://qca.ch/userfiles/file/2884027011.pdf
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608333c5a7eff---92578768543.pdf
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b04db253689de81db73d96bebf2ef47e/22573708942.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_off0000ef88.bin
52433dfe6c561389dcffd3d4b2895cd6e5fa68118668ec5871d727e484fcb783
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF88 11360 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109fa.bin
d5e54345a803e198809052fb8e131e96b9a51dc40760e062b21de840b3b7e328
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109FA 16840 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001359b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1359B 16792 bytes