Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec44048314d06583…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:01:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cef36558ec742892f94edcfeb9e829d7 SHA-1: 3868bd66e1ae8121f758e7cabea35f8c924771e9 SHA-256: ec44048314d065830fdde9b60496ed6e0977bb9b82cce1ba1d8c4eb0089c4faf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically a phishing or trojan distribution campaign. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely to download further payloads or steal credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fd41e1b33e95218af912c0ae87b4f51/sitiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756c84ebd8b---telavika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815b5662dc3---luwolenilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/bisobotazigamezaloketanar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/17179180692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellerbeefamilyreunion.com/clients/874543/File/75797510323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/25732046674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/63451855044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e82c0669549a91d6637d97e3801efcb/lujamobozitawerat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cec3bb4999---wuzejoguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vjpjpvhphj7s3722aqe00kmug/36500713645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/86970208885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xeroxexpres.cz/userfiles/file/simaduduvixabatipabebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/koruwikajimunorekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llv84mrlpt5g9p9dmlm7bdmro5/bizobiminixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowanfamilyreunion.com/clients/28915/File/23027280313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stluciachamber.org/uploadedImages/contentImg/file/zamixaguru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/56123343085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a819f6c148a---43761689822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/xarololomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/52743774797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htchninc.com/d/files/tenapujuxesubiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwcecckolkata.org/FCKeditor/file/48806641714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibarugi.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/filiporakigaxepasimesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/fusanamobagesoleluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/sezekixozodofixofonaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=partial+asymmetric+synthesis+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_off0001084a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1084A 10880 bytes
SHA-256: bea9d453121e27f0a6419f5d0932238726419932af26b158c5d15896c6bb29e3
font_01_sfnt_off0001213c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213C 19960 bytes
SHA-256: f6c44701a3f27f0efc7cd38b8b86cc41b831dd0e617f6cab8869d7a5eba38f56
font_02_sfnt_off00015556.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15556 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1