Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44884178489bb2b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-17 02:35:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8e4eccc4a3bd9417f8aff4be7d3248ae SHA-1: 0452591407a41a0dc62d009a8edcbc54f20052c4 SHA-256: 44884178489bb2b2164cdaf86791a39e9a9f2c964d0dced2c0627e492b151657
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristic point towards an attempt to lure users to external malicious resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://czytamzezrozumieniem.pl/userfiles/file/96715875963.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ci7bg85tn960unt8jmdctr4u7/13590370825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f010cd759---kozole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/pirex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/nawobovoberawibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89942866545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/dudud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/75782196782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609495e9f0779---38501735487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huucodatlanh.com/userfiles/file/zesijumunibusupemopuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df921840d9fb71f00a3d4d6771aedcac/58839789659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08341e5cfacad2615ef56118b7f2d395/verelibopedexizujibimowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/360vm7e88b1ravt89gfugc68at/tanan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2719524913db5a650aeae29a5204a51/90137925249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/suxozesola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fccd069bec1a23aec67fc93a3c12f99/90391956089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cdc371b76---30976291921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ecbcaa510be19abb844d86ce907f192/18321303365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4c3e60fe7---24589859015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esthebel.de/userfiles/file/fubejutomuvirugepumilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab804ea5a7---49861739647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/65922525838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blokhol.com/upload/files/7742354905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/mexag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202107/files/20210725001318169538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+install+kyocera+print+driverPDF 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_off0000e568.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE568 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 95d76ad026f7199af92228eec25fae7fe6cc9e76a7a411187908e6c0ef45519a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA6 17112 bytes
SHA-256: dd19e1d15516e7c3639a06c70effcfa0106de7c133e18a460ecaca7c4fdac498
font_02_sfnt_off00012b55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1