Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d44f844438d68fde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:30:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2fe459751cdc36beebbdce39519cf538 SHA-1: 63e24fb261de2ff9a1523856e526ca759235d6aa SHA-256: d44f844438d68fde049044f6692178399c57e71c18c1a70d6a9473fcf179f6bb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm directing to numerous external URLs, with several hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://ancoraeducacion.com/images/kijabizodija.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://exlluprimebrochure.com/ckupload/files/wizepinaziwepuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/galifurakezibokikunizumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/pojibuwawogosonakifexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/74228421629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad9b678d4f2c836f1b7950302f071be0/pilagevosatetidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921931621ba---63268886193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b61caa544ee10be3e8a71e876b6a57be/dowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/67883634630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48u1b55s69v15jef30i77led9n/1046568368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67j5nroktvdtgan071rqk02sb4/sopavowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaoakland.com/uploads/files/17384592544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802cb9f37b3---pefunoziwusilusedawabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/55417817035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/zazunipezanugivepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensiblemachines.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/93472294623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/sepulajosinafesibulaguzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aybar-gallery.com/userfiles/files/dofafigulifidesefunadipem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/xezurobiwuzinopebuwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/78316626907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15fratrowreunion.com/clients/2/2b/2b18ccadde375fd95e9ac2d5db5aaa67/File/jovasuxuwuxodisijoros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/27746080032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/tisugosazajetinuxaridawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afab0b9d3305eed93c98164cff52290f/49333602420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangtaisay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xubujarofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=a+color+atlas+of+parasitology+sullivan+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_off0000d895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD895 17616 bytes
SHA-256: c2e575f9eca69c1708741055719ee2cb2d059940513c3f73cbb2386ffc0634cc
font_01_sfnt_off0001064a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064A 10924 bytes
SHA-256: aead440fdcfb8a22a704f673f1fe4dc1b1eb40b1636705d9145b2247666699bd
font_02_sfnt_off00011f97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1