Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44afb476c1dd9d38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:44:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4e0c54ac30f8e16bcd86592f66c1f616 SHA-1: 3e60918b6c3fd1b01f3a3c06c27f4c062b287fd0 SHA-256: 44afb476c1dd9d38d957f9992e85135cdeaaab14406aa1b2fa65987b8f88dc24
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. These links form a link farm, suggesting an attempt to distribute or redirect to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c915fef33a9---1402913356.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/36125101060e619ce5bb45.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceb1d4a84ad---farugevolanofokage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/vesodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/38617300040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2154869028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terrietanaka.com/library/files/98003925681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantcontinuity.com/membership/data//files/zibitixedalixazatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lahma.pl/_u/userfiles/file/20444365810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazdalkodjokosan.hu/img/userfiles/file/fedumomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64e370c540b1156355dd170774e72d6d/56808388675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad7092d346d---nifosetewugetosepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/11387375830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2nlhljt1t408vfm5rcrcv8ib3/85710616147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaukitchen.com/uploads/files/29811425529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085649a5abdc---16781875662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsreloading.com/userfiles/files/xavogonajadakowulom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/70634234864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3e60e014f6a01e7e3b35dae1cebc370/zokobuvivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gloriamus.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/90885119910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb27b13dd9a---kotukovajotoxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4f01170ad---7096190294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=capsule+book+pdf+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_off0000c965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC965 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 58bea7f136456901d4f6cbde727c7b343944fd50f0099355a39a9628b3a8a18b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001110c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1110C 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 77ef469b89b5c7f351085355723bc0a681133c1105acb0aadffefbcaa434132e