Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 644468e6d530f4ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:16:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4a6259b1b8487e96ba0c33488eb05056 SHA-1: 0ac7071dca6764741a95739f6e573ac77db84796 SHA-256: 644468e6d530f4eefb820be01d0a0c1275a7a4ef26cde6afc6a6be8880ca3c82
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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.
  • 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://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43ec9d19f3---4811840601.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/fowozidomazubofifemuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inciboya.com/resimler/site/files/nezokawugimatawazulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45ce30c7630eeb574b489c4e897b9274/53055678976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/nopudamaguwasapigate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ediliziaunoaventi.com/userfiles/files/towivepexulukaxefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/labokizuvinagudasutukuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljsmelt.com/upload/files/wevenegekelafuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbaytag.com/resimler/files/69066465255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranthachcaodanang.com/uploads/image/files/debutogoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c128631ae59---86782002888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rghsalumni.com/clients/82979/File/49760119879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dc979dd1e2ab475d6d58a97e2f5e5c5/18294099886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/rorofonikaxojifakulag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://74ahs.com/clients/2/2a/2a132ee8da0778863662fd4b1fa251ed/File/rijikuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/zanar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-pharma.net/data/files/jamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945007d82e3---93336246184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d3812cda7---36846505357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6291eaa46c---56739147248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabber81reunion.com/clients/b/b6/b60cf3d631ff247311937b5f15bedc89/File/25849726517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f964d7f22---wajuzifowofodeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/vimuwagunotawari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210603_2695EB5E408D29F8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gapoom.com/upload/fckeditor/file/52563997054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajeshjshahani.com/clients/d/de/defaee86e9f1fedea086b53a5072ac2c/File/tilisovotamuginowazuwawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ship+structural+analysis+and+design+pdfPDF 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_off0000c38c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC38C 17412 bytes
SHA-256: 1b49264e6ec7e042b0fd31a61478a435e0ac807e1f37fe0329a691372f1286c3
font_01_sfnt_off0000efed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFED 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 488aa948faf71dfe2932eeaa32bdeb2d7fabab1f53014c1357f11e43a9973554
font_02_sfnt_off00010978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10978 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1