Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44b7a97a0db9cac9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:51:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 51f16e635591d5925209d4eeda99da8c SHA-1: fdba2dc0b3a61ae35bfe8e7f9741759ce57242e8 SHA-256: 44b7a97a0db9cac9f326ec6943af105084080a56e1f0be564da9c655f3d92eb1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, likely serving as a distribution point for further payloads or phishing content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085dfae25c2a---24990337115.pdf
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/56113895314.pdf
    • http://safarekhoob.ir/basefile/safarekhoobir/files/54008851881.pdf
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/nawijuvejibeka.pdf
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a15cdb35b---97886741380.pdf
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupazunotipit.pdf
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95233752aab53b199ca76d30a299525f/53274979914.pdf
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23baa5c951113ec1283f08815e0b141f/13307681875.pdf
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/nibunuwilududajumipuz.pdf
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0de593cd5---vubisefakes.pdf
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/57307466318.pdf
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1624157564.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29fe618bf7---19535409006.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45cf255f6142c1d074e948ff493de1bb/55364174019.pdf
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a782b92f665---37305748601.pdf
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/89976269525.pdf
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eea2ceaec2---34201852574.pdf
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/76335666042.pdf
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/40897656264.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096cb61a96fe---45243254084.pdf
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgdsk7rg7qg1kp2f207vhevps7/kamar.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=merry+christmas+gif+with+music+free+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f686.bin
ab64118ee65fd79e092fffba5d0ade27b34148d47816295f0df16491297d8fef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF686 17460 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000123d7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013bee.bin
de9b9f2911ce0deed24546e6e68dc4f2c7445b70f0a9bad5155b5eb7fc450782
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BEE 11216 bytes