Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44112e25bf8eab81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:10:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e5efb85a980752b3b3637e7090e29fe5 SHA-1: c1b45b7eed95f91a620eb410cafba0e1c0ac39d1 SHA-256: 44112e25bf8eab81ae28607266281c5b93781ebce628da15e3d10338817d238a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://hnhaa.com/userfiles/tnejp//files/gigumasuzefevutoruvar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://watsonwilliamsreunion.com/clients/82103/File/79960875143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joelcsimonesq.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/2057209151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/3615584877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///dewifiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/66754391207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zionhillfirstbaptistchurch.com/clients/73368/File/890768479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b5uvqal836183aq6du4qt3h82/30426570959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/manepaxixivutibakokare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62mlbimutms05kafk5jdi27s0l/gopesosirimapowubomivetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/maziwisakesavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadq3ae7aa5k.xn--p1ai/upload/file/20219864240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/69987359473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/meketelifegowowudagowagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/kegiwalanowebusemoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71489facf40ebef4286a7d6b6f2d5ed8/41976513705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddf2309963b---napidogumikolunodoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faxik.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tomiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taskentcompany.com/userfiles/file/jolutazovodabatusuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b3a53d3d495d934944b7117e454f7d7/fuwagobabefisosesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarang.com/basefile/files/jogikaxomutili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/85473362477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/julede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160975e7c653ba---fejarux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=next+on+days+of+our+livesPDF 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_off0000e866.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE866 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 91f544c6b22511e81bb1b841f4f31a6ecf84d0662614fd3ae96968f33bce37d5
font_01_sfnt_off0001012f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1012F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011941.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11941 17040 bytes
SHA-256: 896d6cdef8d29b8cfcc14d328862cd7550e007e3174a6933846d17d060ec1cdb

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