Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dd44eca06f3829c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 20:53:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e66c93d715fe74950e611e593131f164 SHA-1: 07db7bb489298ad422a8438267a9c8225ce74670 SHA-256: 4dd44eca06f3829cb753fb2bd919bea078cd4754cc09cb0039942feeff2aa0e2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the document's primary purpose is to host and distribute links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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=how+to+find+wifi+password+on+connected+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://cyklo-wellness-penzion-palice.cz/content/nudafedelowuloge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.nl/userfiles/file/215135213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/vibemixazifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/49906017736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398f1396df8---65619530149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136edafa6c86---semedujosebewasawizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konikanarrowfab.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78042052201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti-kuhni.ru/upload/files/53125586046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congnghieptauthuyvietnam.vn/upload/files/63369109946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latgalesamatnieki.lv/files/file/14249312991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/mugerobutewobotofogon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelowidedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzoltosagmihald.hu/userfiles/file/pevigeletujopojubiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/413d7698805b910b22edd564a3ecdf6a/97645187254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konakelektrik.com/userfiles/file/69423488135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinshifm.com/userfiles/file/47483032378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalwonders.com/uploads/files/84897837215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maritime-models.com/userfiles/file/jenakugipeduragedogesokuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/tadowibasunemapubitavono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45215338267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613677fde1023---25645823737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomiccm.com/userfiles/files/fopituvomanigaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargologicru.com/sadm_files/notafapaxanamugajule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84357746476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/64327975638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e0a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A4 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 24e2767b51ab2ccb444e7fd747e58f3d7adfc9da127ab364dc53495d422c6ed6
font_01_sfnt_off00010dc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D7 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 96f68bba681a9d4f217efdc07bcee326be1ca0e22c6cb62703314d1d20a2d7d5