Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2444ac1a53a0e2f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:48:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6810c86ed8206d78bc139c8ab9a08c7c SHA-1: fb70a52b4e534d09ee0cef5f95e95fafb0995505 SHA-256: 2444ac1a53a0e2f2adf78d8440ad7d832e11b5a07a8f3d95cf928d5cf994207c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a tactic to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, further supports the execution of malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/465f2c8b401ddeef4380eef288b64016/47133594813.pdf
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/tokavuwekorumuwik.pdf
    • https://baatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/renisojibuvejizazodid.pdf
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210704014350.pdf
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b5de7dbe64c6668686b72ed4d68f9c5/56383050666.pdf
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/namusupagan.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29a0deacae---19988723083.pdf
    • http://jiehuist.com/userfiles/files/66159792003.pdf
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/perizafimavebukipir.pdf
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/69966103137.pdf
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-8-1/20210801183401446730.pdf
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb7ac54b73---bebegibapavisowot.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b2c59b3a77---datimekasodamamuzaju.pdf
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f2eeu2s3dd7mtqofnacdemf93/nujevodi.pdf
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070aeed92073---wutonexuxijubilojime.pdf
    • http://okun.su/upload/file/28719631500.pdf
    • https://itacademyindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saboke.pdf
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/031af88ed67d14ddb4e88405e62ebd30/76810187571.pdf
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/51001128528.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c57222bb656a28cd9f6c98dcbb08f46/68425860797.pdf
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/tijaborapu.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8vjoqaeprbkbknbacd3vkatdgi/95573673694.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+geometry+and+topology+ballmann+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ba30.bin
99cc6ed0315b27bb0377438e838493e7941206ec2d0aa78410e7555befcd60e5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA30 16576 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4d5.bin
b1cad981a36653c497ad9531f2dbcdfc5ad4874f99121c536c9dab035ac560d4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4D5 11100 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe45.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE45 16792 bytes