Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44350fc38cf16b92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 11:11:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: df0f300f3632187c1fe5fac39f216a5d SHA-1: b6eafa8eed867f33cf77ec1c79287a336354ace2 SHA-256: 44350fc38cf16b9273bb0d723751697270656ddb6e27ba37fd6007b0afc96964
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are used to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=characteristics+of+bases+and+acids PDF link annotation
    • http://cosmik-kinoteatr.ru/sadm_files/xebenigujegofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6698735935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kanewukuxumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-w.cn/isee/pfm/cms/uploadfile/fck/file/84683406925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614082eb705ed---15730723841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twsl.mingann.info/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210906045234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5r808uceqsokob45d1q14v217/vokurewimirogulodufijubix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614294fe17c61---wefezotanumobasipuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitacanes.com/uploads/files/vupaxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nattukoottam.com/userfiles/file/lukemovasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/03191508953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniradioweb.info/userfiles/files/jeleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/tubiwufoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceroki.com/image/files/vikagisetezarenopiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulwichtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/51553219191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96c10368b9b2a98cbdd798e05b7b0679/27502054428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://launensia.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98407371369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/datitimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-serviss.lv/userfiles/file/39968549543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/wawujirudulodumululeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektor28.ru/userfiles/file/fidefimelixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hv94dvdu706nq4tsqd75mjgnhl/52162491195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotdeals24x7.com/ci/userfiles/files/bejubuzogopopurif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livilgirls.com/files/26068567471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klaaswester.nl/img/file/zijeboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.net/userfiles/file/vabaxasoxoluvosezoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/68750182779.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_off0000e0e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E1 10700 bytes
SHA-256: dde85dff2eb10b2c01d8522fbf691c1a5043c54ad4aa2ca0249f725681ea5ed6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF965 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 2844c6ea555cd1157e1b031191d6c6a5fa805003be945a12eabef9143ab728e3
font_02_sfnt_off00012812.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12812 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1