Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44574b9e99789404…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:49:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2f199021108dc1a235b91b2af5aa4c45 SHA-1: 1d00db27fd587b2c6da08483fbe74fcf5268a8b7 SHA-256: 44574b9e99789404e3e4d2d2fa93daf2fd53772f701d54a9662d9d2c56d33fe0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF employs an image-only lure, a common tactic for phishing or malware delivery. It contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to distributing further payloads or leading users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/40385572153.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/83153387631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304b58041ab---ropet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/laxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2ab7b08b9a020c63110ec51904db529/16772853106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/bonumonen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313a5710590---rokewifezopabomiwekalano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/45022314774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://briztravel.com/upload/files/sibujivaxika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/kakokusujukokafejipokepeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8b4c965c0---farofegogujode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativi.brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/35730219555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/fozebalasijolemalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a5cb44ab8f1a6a4ce2ec6702381d08a/tusinexuwakiwiwofarebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/2571095909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/wozeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/23262163152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savemaxint.com/files/file/13980871187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/savob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/202191618485635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f0671bbaa4---57864744171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b380488667---tikojesojutiloxikuwelemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aligokdemir.com/resimler/files/43806879711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawrenceyezersky.com/userfiles/file/17267450411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aumnat2car.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/begufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=need+for+speed+no+limits+mod+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000b27b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB27B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA92 10816 bytes
SHA-256: aab7e474fb0f8ff6ab4de27c6c765b4f97e828723626214a5483018dde1ee4a5
font_02_sfnt_off0000e386.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE386 14428 bytes
SHA-256: c9f61e1abfe97935fd73ec351731a98e4c75cc007af6abbe39c79c21ebe22832