Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a44ab2a3f9fd394a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:53:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 62edcbafdb40083d2c6096b79d7f1f67 SHA-1: f041ef5278aa1476d8a966f1758b58a976dd9a3d SHA-256: a44ab2a3f9fd394a7a7483764bacafb8df2ff481292dbc227ac46448cf547619
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://perilatomsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13961608673.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/83957666724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranysolyomfeszke.hu/editor_up/23173114231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a78cb0372---fozitamimejegudunonidasix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/latuwasumebuvomipokerup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1113f4c7aedf70e912975ea500339e6/18909976957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082167242495---lugolekanesaladojaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607580b25545e---12707467970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ded69a3f6e3ee9ac1118f97cfb39bf/zasumilupomeberu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/pexajagilikapotodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b17d82dc896---10837766323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacaune.hu/userfiles/file/31502085743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e5b84f815---bukekode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmduncanrealty.com/userfiles/files/35803271764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075566a9e4fe---niwinejugudodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/nojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61a939606740a64c01de7f3502d54d1c/58703992113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/74923588960ee431ab4b4d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107260a2f3f0---jojatapowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f4860a386---relisewixanikigeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9ilhft0mifq7q50o9bmjjdful/89444755628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/84298302229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e22139188802f017a6820723e8bf426/badepifodivimoterugenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/kejatezolenegonisaribi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f877affb7---42314147977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/lilokusedefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/fakekix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=esclerosis+m%C3%BAltiple+pdf+2019PDF 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_off0000fa21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11238 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 5c57ac84d35963e0b411f8070fb6ba194de8d18e471cd1bab42e5bc3e68c2518
font_02_sfnt_off00012c18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C18 19904 bytes
SHA-256: f1503d308a1f3c245b791f6ec4e3313e57e94e212cd20a169097f366dc598747