Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d44996032f482521…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-18 21:44:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 172090c1b6ca06f711e60e86b5398b53 SHA-1: 275af9ba981f4415185aaf47d25532fb93baa681 SHA-256: d44996032f482521b3414696f99ed8de88d6434807565fc49f3299c992452a3c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a link farm designed to lure users. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of external URIs and a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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.tamilsaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zawokiluwumogero.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607899e9b2f04---56830903807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/sawosamuxuvitagodare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dff9f4eb42f---godivepen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0f96d20ad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d05e31ea5d22598a4beecd3d3f44cc/bofewolapenififi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a6827d3db65491b792ee156e3a14ba8/komufogaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5612f7712a---nomunipegibekedosujano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab52dd861e172e4599598ab6fc40bd2a/kuvafawowemexozip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/nipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marmarases.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tefezata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc0941c205---34401031293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.comarticle_ressources/file/81212938015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/282c6d7c295a47854e4529abd9dc0fda/xodapomepaboxoleguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe41d7ddec---93680255449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauchlineware.com/html/chapelstreet/web/userfiles/files/33852502268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aed6b0b9a8392e25fab70bd0f868d31/besematesumixeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expnavi.com/sites/all/sites/default/files/file/wizoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/lasibuxusor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/231147557288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpos.sk/data/files/pagolusidekigixiveligamef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/jusarisuduxevabozonano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=dc+unlocker+free+username+and+password+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_off0000ddb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB6 11332 bytes
SHA-256: 7866bf11da08562b3277935afa65e7a1d9e5cf6403d83a69375cf05181fc2301
font_01_sfnt_off0000f895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF895 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A7 16672 bytes
SHA-256: e6804fa0c1dda01dda766654ebcd442899521ed833f9a6329ae2631353e0d064