Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c44456f52529793…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-10-13 18:45:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 98471fb2d70001f7804340a3e366bb9f SHA-1: d5ad2d3f754bf58ca30c2c9ab761e2210e0a4922 SHA-256: 2c44456f525297938322f11d51e88a9fdba4ede7c5ce1cbf3d64eb324ecbf795
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to deliver a payload. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/442107db47a039f9aa5b850a93fa4d22/lolikikozuroje.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zeroseistudio.eu/userfiles/files/97124634058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/16159436752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/bavisepurapixipominiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprt1day.ru/file/1141593654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pm-ural.com/uploads/files/61766520691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/42077465020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novsport.com/content/File/38373397307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/fivovosipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16166d4862ae16---novisolutaboboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132d2e9c1cfc---22520657845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/26574033106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366a4195110---63351518641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/8279487327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98191068346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigezewaromafarisivitot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.info/contents/files/88816201854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigapilar.com/upload/files/valizodugudur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4of100churchstreet.com/assets/media/files/82169041591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocommercialedelpiano.it/userfiles/files/72847051873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/85788802439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9961105552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510b2e9392f976594f09c83a8dda7955/ditojomuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroykap.com/application/views/stroykap/userfiles/file/lozulimomenukejezulowujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/13721771981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/6Zflnl449io/uplcv?utm_term=long+time+ago+meaningPDF 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_off000105fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105FB 10092 bytes
SHA-256: 9be0a21c8c1a75be211b55d2d0ede121fadf18fbfb4bd0eafe6078233a4604e7
font_01_sfnt_off00011c78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C78 17672 bytes
SHA-256: f95a4cc427ee855fc1054ceea741b5c84fcbf3ecb867ec6d7ee530084356fd3f
font_02_sfnt_off00014a45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1