Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44733a6f5261a1a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:37:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a4750f3d4bb3be4371f0cb7f7446372b SHA-1: 5b6c3385b3689cee99478aa0d15da5595a8339ea SHA-256: 44733a6f5261a1a8dd88ce2ac7144ebc6855717c836aa31be610ee2a03c841be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites suggests an attempt to host and distribute further malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f93f3e5c1---43373382993.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maritime-models.com/userfiles/file/pifukasajuvena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc12295bb6---87413746203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/567adc9a5df90084f920719e8a7a8b6a/3314766738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americusfelderfamily.com/clients/0/0c/0c5e5e27a4da9db51eb23c24aa0fa274/File/fukibowive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osakadentalcare.com/contents/files/sabuvetarapidomido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedubosazasejelat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/pigodafujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/luxenonoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2c46e57d29---gonuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f22a0876606158bdc817823ddc4839a7/jaraworadefegetepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/26719234773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///36515786484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sikujumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cecb683e69f---sazukoxajiterorilop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/69781745880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078028359ab4---virakipatix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/50321727529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/68036142340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d717gi0tgu0bra38oqklb6n9h8/69125043835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zovosafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71561e4aee---73375750828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94fd091daa---boxiguserarevojumop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichihr.com/uploads/news_file/fowojixemodipog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelindigha.com/FCKeditor/file/nopuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abe0831510---85710423662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=smsl+dp1+manualPDF 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_off0000c4bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4BD 10240 bytes
SHA-256: 1516d260a88acef562455426cf41feee2ea0564387b4ae5e1ef0005aa7459a22
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBAD 16640 bytes
SHA-256: b978fcd72741198a39756972afba1d16a3122b647812410321cfa1da2526956e
font_02_sfnt_off0001068d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1