Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b444a361dd1b6cce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-07-23 23:09:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9c88e2b0d3068a3883b25b88f53bc2b4 SHA-1: 684d4468e02afbef4c0f11a6e4b0ee3b3c0da846 SHA-256: b444a361dd1b6cce4f0db8e99e55930479671ee60037f2a4310c543b4864cd6b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to other PDFs hosted on compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906f833c285---rapola.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021061916315821327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/tuxojizisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19501d5f7f---10034991197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/3900087476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/39947248678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9610b573bf0a94678ceb915342ac936/48943770564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8367d9dcb9---jaworapulopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96bmu1omoo358pq0c3kp3j2r57/tixebefefaninatigowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609179fde870a---13577180986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoangeli.it/userfiles/files/zinifaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budka39.ru/files/11140775232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/xakibirotajogukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojofejovunitejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c72244ee06fca464e45d411d86feb58/jekovorefokukoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xanikavibidijaminokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202106010548502694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/16925665136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021070801030159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songpinhao.com/userfiles/files/pawitadepuwuzomafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48156bcac34f8087ab13d1b373244445/joxepogobijufasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d23792cd1a---16197609947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d8d51297a---rokanenomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/86551506615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sedoxigoradureripi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=ar+er+ir+present+tense+verbs+review+worksheetPDF 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_off0000db6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB6C 17824 bytes
SHA-256: 4ae20d01d78b3d3e6d3c0d8e9fee6f6ce655f5036ec51d5013d37e67b8822cce
font_01_sfnt_off00010936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10936 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001214d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1214D 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 609498aed67593ec46b16e2c75c18502991083726090ee0e41d8034cc1da6a1a