Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a440819ddbfc09cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 07:52:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3e2b4201b884e04fb5bb179e2c9db20c SHA-1: d4ab74e8a241891d9d064c527e2cff1527735a10 SHA-256: a440819ddbfc09cca5a83c54be6be4f0bffc60121c40af33b68b1fd0f5b05de0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites, likely as part of a broader phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=craniotomy+and+craniectomy+difference
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/zifowuxisozak.pdf
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/90690872742.pdf
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosefimisixukimumop.pdf
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/043b9b2bb2d803509c97838302474244/zebuwovasikuvikobarepon.pdf
    • http://beijinghuojia.cn/userfiles/file/zesiduditukosefikigolakaf.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07ce7eb2f3fdd0a387b3bed84e310062/xofaxurevafef.pdf
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/pekepirefulinifese.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d43c6e222a63657757d35b570af435/58533743761.pdf
    • http://viermaalh.nl/Bottesteyn/Site/afbeeldingen/file/19937677807.pdf
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/xetozipinubesoxeba.pdf
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833db263193---zibuw.pdf
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2996bdd2dca73102e5abafbb18501a6/vuwosomimu.pdf
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796781e8d78---jujotobexegedokujor.pdf
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/vafaralupujomakewijiro.pdf
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/rutevejalabipusirud.pdf
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tarafoginadajanesa.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085488e90f0c---54795448946.pdf
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b4179f096a07e55af7fa7f86c4def84/gozizetesi.pdf
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobelusosixuwi.pdf
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f81e565340b34a9568be937c63f02bf6/xugeme.pdf
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949651e370e---26774789173.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_off0000e5da.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdf1.bin
81f521b730e3203bf6f238de3538e5d6e0bd2b37a416cd8eb54bc1e4861cdeea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF1 10568 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011613.bin
c44bd01a0490b47bc3f52c92cc6a084d9cd94e509265f1e776dc51441338c468
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11613 17428 bytes