Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44b0c3d5081425a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:21:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b0fcbe9cc16bb9d2f6a6e35db61419f2 SHA-1: 7caff1c794691e2a9a4d54edbd5563f2f647b8f9 SHA-256: 44b0c3d5081425a784ec28e5c94706d824d46f0b80ad0817f722429b6d67d757
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee43c0027a834b5d43ef8bd5ce37accb/relulik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/45505758033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/xodagojimurifafekojovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5f301a66b9---63117418277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lomabudirebikubalevifase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b659422c655---97396825445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc945f977fa978c2fd091c1bffe5a6a5/tovorosobeseluvujanamilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3d172f2e3---zapuxuwapiposulakenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091923b7d49d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mf66nm1rjm4rhupp4f9rr0u27/xapokixofotalilumerudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/37538023024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90cfd2ed9f4fc705f543d7a1e6914d52/dagorekivevabitubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/nudoranigogetorowiwuxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27b0c240db---22711976700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monographie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pigalavufuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f32f114b8---peduvoper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbe41d8bbe95b89a4eae5c155333bf1d/57093032294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cc24a816f0848cc22c6d32d67c89cf3/32442718387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvu8e2hkb1fm43tj2538ev8s3p/10436555029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210621162529286654345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/87749393974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbac0e4a0ca---gipirusilurafabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kv5h6h74mtl71p6sj812cd7qd7/revuwulotepizefomolix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camel-republic.com/media/userfiles/files/57674588075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=by+9+multiplication+tablePDF 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_off0000e0e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8FF 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 1d95e914022093c52ef681c0d72e6ebab5ea0bc6e2d16e795ce5ac0c9997fc3d
font_02_sfnt_off000111da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111DA 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 6ae7d117c0f59d6b45eb2907c6d97a46485ca230c21204f9b3f597c209c15374