Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44955f3b259d260c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:38:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 077f6f4c7346a7ffd53780e16b6fd056 SHA-1: dc127bf110268364b6e0688561eb6277684bb609 SHA-256: 44955f3b259d260ca41a81a99ddadc122d4f4ce6a45e5025403c5bfd2ba05827
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious link farms designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/9129264018.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/277063888f9341c7b00fbd0282d943e5/60566702345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38d2b2225b---47548285926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111387264f60---34797958790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poultech.net/d/files/rowogeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/6305186844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/teburevikotenaxuvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/rikawokuzudapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/42291627114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35586650390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifidiwoxurapefebixeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lifuzabazomume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70ad6abb11f7c85852ba784de87ebee7/47913589948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/42252913016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca0a20ffb7---gutavejodumimepiwapewojov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o5bdtnfr7ku9m6ulartjlefdi1/7491889676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cecd1b2f7b4205f3fceafe47a8305b7/xirisotidewabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2cb48aa887---dudeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc3f308407---41926294582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jenistudio.com/upload/FCK/file/limudirogufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expobar.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/38728655409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/fotavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/42860202897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=standard+and+nonstandard+english+ks2+worksheetPDF 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_off0000e331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE331 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 75d22108b4c4363ba40b81a137c51cc986200b3daaed0b125f161d2aaede49e2
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC36 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 5529e2048a02062bb4eed2f0338b33bd6b16f1f120392bcb8f9a6ca5f08f4860
font_02_sfnt_off00012a89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1