Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 144522ef256f7f78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-30 00:49:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 30d25a2d6400a11e546de508fa6e61f1 SHA-1: 9b6bc5216b49fbad5f838d62b4454c4522ed80b2 SHA-256: 144522ef256f7f78d3a190ad9f776c43ae0fe0873cb16552ea8d4ae0ff3d7cad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a URL with 'utm_term=guardians+of+the+galaxy+movie+free+download+for+android' indicates a lure to trick users into downloading malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sec4ojjtpp35r3n2v5h3a7urff/34069124770.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/pozovorejages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/15337959976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lelefuxoguzapexukavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609102f00b1bc---33884968237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/35363013095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///vogagegupijekezuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monamifrance.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210621_7E0021E3214B8EDB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2c3c1a039---zirepurezewali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/37284283992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///jomilivolovanixodoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958728c6cbb---33704608834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d65b5da5103af12834342ff72c11ff6b/94994231870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f4f9bd423---61816879054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s77cs09h58k9dni59tnv6puh4d/85471343258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/94376878712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/79549267982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/banoreretubejikomaxesav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09quuj23be3arr4enqp94iibnc/35273637479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/355780f14f9de6b70668927f39258ed6/38792804939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fde5919ff0---torozebobituzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968da217b03---rukuvepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=guardians+of+the+galaxy+movie+free+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000f1f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F8 16980 bytes
SHA-256: f19ec934292d5474bf5d1840e637cbab19b0a3e1100e052cd3d20f170ba1b9c8
font_01_sfnt_off00011e19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E19 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 4eb19bc31f0bc1f6e577591e4fba5b1338f6883d8734322873616c56008bfa8e
font_02_sfnt_off0001385b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1385B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1