Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d44ade74efe758bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:37:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 974f942e9bb3c1a3dcbc503ab7cc25d1 SHA-1: 4b32eaeb22ffde771669f807f10be9c87831f848 SHA-256: d44ade74efe758bf1c3a1ef3c6920f90da8e97bfb33d842b200f05b163462cfd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious files or redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links is the primary indicator of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://patc.fr/imagesfile/77535681457.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/funovulotelitaverofojezun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/6735605688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d0b873fec4f3b439af9aed747cd97b1/razigat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/1497921250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-esc.net/user_img/files/49348462390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff216e10cf708993bfa5b6f9ea30bc53/milazudamurixilonin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murito.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61499017799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4t4c9jhvrm54bb2cup47nme12/sakofulifiwegade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anup.bo/images/files/64387040171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/7691175011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/xururuwefebesif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-28/20210628034348412820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khodahoanglang.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/vofikebubixoputil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/9900830015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://es21sys.com/userfiles/file/47146359169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69df979496---54049141136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyellisonfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/ff/ff850d76676c1858bf5e443b7a907d3b/File/81014055027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0b97bcb1d---90947350765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/wiladitawewezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/271825026782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839391ab864---47563549966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=cc+chatterjee+volume+2+pdfPDF 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_off0000bc1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC1C 10968 bytes
SHA-256: c194d863b50d406244f8b3c29cc11ebe3a4a0a4ea3f60ff13123ecd4e84e1bb7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B6 16504 bytes
SHA-256: b10c2f6ac766495ffdd61dc1fd5a7da62e5ec05b12c743c68c7e3986135ac0d4
font_02_sfnt_off0000fff6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1