Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44b12d26861d726a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:23:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4c1e83729bc0cd536ef1c96ccd62dda0 SHA-1: 884f8f8ef65b104d5d96b482071f847bba5940fd SHA-256: 44b12d26861d726aa352b9678197ffc3d006b1654b170553de42e74861de7e54
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, typical of phishing campaigns, designed to trick users into clicking embedded links. Multiple heuristics indicate the document contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. While no scripts were extracted, the overall structure and URL patterns suggest the PDF serves as a redirector to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 6

  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://ariconium.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romexugavividetebuzujekez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e68eec6c7f---mugodugazuratif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6514ce04fec9c4ce8cb560bfd8acd34/14194182924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57c1468288a744b2886de9e49c7d0689/nebaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871b49932b7---22948436918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/pogamuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4adc79fbb---xotewag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/73926043793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgg6r4urnsqmluskq46412jro7/powokabirikodunemawudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210525210826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f23027a87d757ecdfe29894a00ed1f15/46041652609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0582d35aaef8a5efdf0ae31020facce9/gopofurufabomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/95455117104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dee371ac4bd---vegerawupadoxirajowezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgkakfi26pfok1lhhpsi6llart/72259787067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbvshungviet.com/upload/files/16640836400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/76085280007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelcorona.ro/files/xekonirividimatobuviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southfieldhigh1973.com/clients/2/27/27a5067865c8334ad4a5a1fd7642c928/File/pokuzunizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fc68626a1---zukeberikazugex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ba7e1b7fbb832a3698e2eb28a3f4270/kewufefazapakowixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rawubozijepudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qlvumv8c7dfmmese4g8afveba4/68839228349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=osteopathic+and+chiropractic+techniques+for+manual+therapists+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_off0000b53f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB53F 13992 bytes
SHA-256: 32b76324ed66fcb01b762c73b61704707e286e3533e93c1f42d6d598cf2f7dbf
font_01_sfnt_off0000d797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD797 11240 bytes
SHA-256: df162fec2659d6e1ad2ed24e6c639c24c3b190618b1c19ee0f5477305de08df8
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1