Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 880043a3459ef51e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:47:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b194f60f78f50cc41cfd389dc0e3c944 SHA-1: 328bbcfa7d66f38357212fb363792e4c8f46bd65 SHA-256: 880043a3459ef51e1d5d986a24ffc6bba5a2526d8ee384da598700d7b5336ae8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content or downloads, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=blood+relation+reasoning+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://pasarantogeldua.com/contents//files/dakilavefax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/11493063212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a3b0f8faa9c9ad874ad2f6db6ad267/xurifuvuvesajozowunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/89326366357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcc86eab943204101c0c495e8de08af5/84275695928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba531b45997---dinilus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magyar-logyogyasz.hu/fileok/file/vedujepazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/futegunawuguluxagavulovin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plantbiochem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bodivanugagabubowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c02b11117c80b8680b876cac4b52794/24802750886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c69ba49036---44580235380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdde28bc645---kirowukerarawatosuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4om6gcg5lmh32v2blngge12184/xunopetitozukikujufira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-jia.com/uploads/files/202108231548103630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/sasimatupetadugorad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160950deb1441f---40446862940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad94cad174a---58985690376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff49079e71bdac3e9ab741e92b7673a/venetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/gajexotarowodanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dead810c77a---fiwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/69497845369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e5ba0893bedf2ff62300987dc50464b/35443820349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/9754004556093228eef5d2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/wodol.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_off0000d8f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F6 20096 bytes
SHA-256: 85b59926f346f685862f513a561d04e3892d64e25060f8a4cf5f8e0a733ebce4
font_01_sfnt_off00010dca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DCA 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 8fe7b70c365d7b7c7f74190fec026f6a4d0b1abf33245b5a7bb1021e25da27ee
font_02_sfnt_off000126b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1