Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44b72b5efe0ac7db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:14:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5766e8e40cb8f3ca752040ea76d87be7 SHA-1: 01c1b9389277991ba1e2737355ea5e81589c244a SHA-256: 44b72b5efe0ac7db5eab64226c32f55a759392120694fd443ab41ab608ceb9a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or link farm attack. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for credential harvesting or further malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gazzetta+del+mezzogiorno+lecce+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8a5be8620---7819492253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6b6cef13f---50316407293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/74737617275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/79001844768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8fa68f67b---juwazewukijakonokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droneducational.com/admin/userfiles/file/66434918125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fda4e7c59c---potiwitoxisasumexivukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geo-decouverte.com/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55338989456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e47798d2fff14431a1f6c17ebb4d930/wuwabonaxifulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/27967314092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc8e7a41d4cc08fe18dc63461dc7b8a0/dexifalevovani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58f49af5eb71d8b221afef9021d80b6e/lakusufodire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/21255387806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlato-stribro-investice.com/upload/files/negad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/bevubukolagipugonotibigit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3791a44626---62083557800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saleskerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jegabujosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easttbirds88.com/clients/d/d7/d767393c090093bf18db16876c07b5c3/File/53118561797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0033187001619909128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9de656a18024e0d5b34acc43846663/82792934550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97214821ee---dagunotovivusojogotomuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/91467360043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0bc16934551588d625a8bfa11cddb1f/rulevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gag2qfpc672tfgbbg7e9aq2ta5/suvowerawipu.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f8fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8FB 10896 bytes
SHA-256: a0f99d47e84c4d6c25353eaef1cdad31dd4e1ed2816ec16e5021332887c57f1d
font_01_sfnt_off000111f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111F4 18376 bytes
SHA-256: b7d83d46d48ffe579b5b29757f9fbbf2cbb75c77f73aac59103135c61f51ad1a
font_02_sfnt_off00014246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14246 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1