Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 448fa44ae11deb2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:12:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 07b357c994199af8c43b44f1e077480f SHA-1: 365e49b53af1ddff240b602feedc091f491875d8 SHA-256: 448fa44ae11deb2fff756e4eba0148bdccc15a8cf9785c804323a0d53d02382c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9768

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=structure+of+the+atom+worksheet+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/kifebawapuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bd9316ae9---16111004380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c5bb9c302b6d2f0c778a7301c09f786/gibikowawigejagamudikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/xalewaladikemusadozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacantioquia.org/aym_image/files/gaduwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc7aa9b64b---taluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/musisixinufidif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/denowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff796nrjcmkqjj57mq4kavm9n7/zopituvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/fadoxigidigojipexazuzikax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7h5k9gh7cpdocbb5fjsvm7u70t/gelupunofurijukuvagodebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/vepawulububunekumelorix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mib6e4chb30g130sr54gcdm867/37303008209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bbad52b7b5ba147f533c296899381ff/88976579717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/zamibivuborurudasevevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/96011466753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/44231457473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/lexula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/28759100331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/lopujajilarasijobejuvoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/xododuxilofogoxapuduke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b285face737---mimafozawojakinulogomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8d8b2f429---notaxabivenesozibut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/fobagonirumasowazamad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b80360d44cdee064c119dd8797874d99/jadupafidaloxurarisumane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/70669891012.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010e20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E20 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 2a32c89b18920e84c382888686114c43eebd79da330ee2eebab292cf47cec0c2
font_01_sfnt_off00013988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13988 1664 bytes
SHA-256: 6fabed57034cb1c6463b1fa1a9b80c71cbd39f641900e3f269aee0d0a4b973b7
font_02_sfnt_off00014170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14170 10932 bytes
SHA-256: a6ff8a8cdaaee1b707ccabe72143ad84b4e2d1ca943ea9f639767591821623b6
font_03_sfnt_off00015abc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15ABC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1