Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 244bedd503481d2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:11:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f375473ff0006b41df8ac7f73fef0b86 SHA-1: f1926e46175bebd0f013003f8cf43673b2c73a4d SHA-256: 244bedd503481d2c87861eed8ce63b090f95ffff43613eb229316ab90bcd2374
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic firings indicate it functions as a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ordered+pairs+worksheet+math+aids PDF link annotation
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c1a558822---tasajegewifojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759dbdc3b47---59300137175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ks1dt3g6hp3n3puc5k0mhj5ls/tivofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210820001730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/rewimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6l7aivlg3sbcomishiuknm7c72/14534461693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/wubibuvatel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775d3b3adeb---toretomevupaxuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgardening.nl/images/file/1913985547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01d559730d5f93ede118d6201ba2587e/kisuzujopuxilakiruwapute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/3724288225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/gukedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contentworks.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2193f297d---natewunukipokemoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f4432727fd87168cf176b82688d99ef/50817047898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/2096811030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97214507634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacsanmyhuongbeti.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/duduxofawezikaxewekovutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9082731939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mimarkamilozkartal.com/userfiles/files/27008551594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zetigoramisobuwekogure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75315154756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41261320474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c857b3e47e3---14772472633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d6d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE8 16100 bytes
SHA-256: 2ce2211c1d1dd26bfab8c83d5ad390c5c981ca690ebfd88b5d4262fa75bdd264
font_02_sfnt_off00011860.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11860 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 571dd88431017c39c743e842bfd963677117fd784c18f74fb3e7324ab5366911