Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 044397451751dcc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 21:07:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b9ffd88ebaffdffa5405933c33e5aba7 SHA-1: f8ae4f19fa122a493bedad9558b1621be7d71f06 SHA-256: 044397451751dcc0d9f97c6c6c0185569ff7bd911fb53b0bf878818c00a79b94
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' lure and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with common PDF-based malware delivery, likely involving embedded JavaScript for execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/zosawi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/95419369414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://temahr.hr/files/mebafifebonemepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613386117e207---7641986155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boletos.luzservicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21299846190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f8a2800eb---retazepedukagokurewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ff9ba284e---nimesotav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/mukelatelerivonopanawusok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/mezileluzitesejititu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneramato.com/userfiles/files/murawegewev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krallarintavugu.com/upload/file/zatekoxibuzoposekamowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakaygame.net/calisma2/files/uploads/74054829473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/36564297310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solmoda.it/userfiles/files/57332103097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/ramujixamevivefivurej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenways.at/userfiles/file/60643676519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlsxjy.com/right/UploadFile/file///2021090716362973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b579628bd2---75607417096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optical-axis.com/uploads/files/202109050745355663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-japan.com/images/blog/file/48714968532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehnfeldt.com/userfiles/file/wuvopejaveweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronia.org/userfiles/file/dujejun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/13801472425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--espaoldetalca-lkb.cl/var/www/html/upload/file/26735051276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=chal+mera+putt+2+full+movie+download+720p+torrentPDF 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_off00011c4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C4C 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 91fb863362c2bee2070a8f64bd0ab0c8abcedef4e35cd1d5ff327ed6f2e16d22
font_01_sfnt_off00013656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13656 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014e68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E68 20288 bytes
SHA-256: ac348f311008a21bc381094b1950014856a62079112f4838698db7fd76467a07