Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44080341085c573a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-26 03:37:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1af0122a8ed08a3aca8931b481db6141 SHA-1: e4e68a6742e4b5ccbd7878500ae865c9081fecf0 SHA-256: 44080341085c573a67905c676d92dcd93f43c2fcf78050821577fd2604afee68
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=matic+wallet+android PDF link annotation
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f80efee322edaab9b4c7e2a0cd17ca8/wejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hezhengwy.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.phpUpFile/202109/file/20210926_043023_183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/96985550528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/fuxuwifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portamarioarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/bukapirokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.gbinvest.net/uploads/pages/files/45983619453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/padolidumipivunufotagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.autoservis-hubatka.cz/admin/upload/ww/file/95198022531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77648313634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9f382f879---55375337854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/nojulusoseropuxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbond-cn.com/userfiles/file/52009420767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassonconsulting.mc/userfiles/file/rakuzobakitetikukix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42f615494873b5123530f7b914bb1218/64537654170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flour.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzasunipodeximurobazitet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021921322184603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/76719140201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/76456969945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrichmond.com/uploads/files/95805195243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lhorizon.ca/uploadHorizon/file/vexevitisesogorok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/tigetozovibomuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tbsva.org/Upload/files/20210910121420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloodfaces.de/attachment/file/galivevifexagotidukixe.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_off0000b219.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB219 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA30 10276 bytes
SHA-256: 564ebd09017cde3afb7cbf968e260371166a6d27d7f2b7f6bc4dc783157b5550
font_02_sfnt_off0000e179.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE179 16120 bytes
SHA-256: c290d661dfa7d5f15a01777ede87c16a2cc65b2e7622df12a2eb4d9a8e214aed