Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44539173014b3d68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 05:33:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d0c6e1872a7f27a08a6d6c5be81d2994 SHA-1: 39f1c09cf0174804529b9dc4f1a4efc9e64fe486 SHA-256: 44539173014b3d689d2b7bb9c0646aa4e851843a51655e73ac6b0ad42fcd5d92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or directing users to malicious content. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests an attempt to distribute further malware or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://fresh-cherries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73566995679.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thevalleytrader.com/files/12495219214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmart-express.com/demo/uploadpic/file/kegulenuvopinogiruju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f24419f05beb8d0c905d0f52664b5467/62746416041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-muehlacker.de/data/tcmuehlacker/userfiles/file/tosogekokedosapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/77430766220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/1886854003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/14683452055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandalaya.in/resources/file/mibemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75638750227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scmsgroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasuvogefesusabaleti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161433e686687a---25743108118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613278c908e42---85388494622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbp.dropship-online.com/userfiles/files/ledob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132081358076---22539030478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtijsr.com/userfiles/file/19487399693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faizleathergloves.com/userfiles/files/tigeduxafipuvibidox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salac.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neninuloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranjitabiswas.com/userfiles/files/benowivefosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f6331ac1f---96127565866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5nuke6u5tc7sci95rgsk8p2t2/tabuwupewilirisofavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skpizzasubs.com/uploads/files/kujutubepuzisopofusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfcy88.com/uploads/files/56545718672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protok.pro/upload/files/61990257053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=fake+location+apk+modPDF 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_off0000c659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC659 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 4b12c87041adf0a7dbce844a8f10ad23b7c975106b418ac6782f1e5946b1a998
font_01_sfnt_off0000de0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE0B 20868 bytes
SHA-256: f9bfc3e00b50e52bb5e3c96c1160eaac49c7fdcbb9fa9adc93adb1b0ea629f3e
font_02_sfnt_off00011518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11518 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1