Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44c418f8a6b65e47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-08-18 02:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1332bc812db87edf5195e1161bd3e556 SHA-1: 59c29489a6947b250cf5924e881d1d0637526a8d SHA-256: 44c418f8a6b65e477cdab2f30d07c13f27d117ddbffb4572d94f1f2bcecea033
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The heuristics suggest a link farm strategy, with many distinct hosts used to obscure the malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cab4a8f658---24646893267.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/12552385384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad904744c5c---13841483555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4b26fb8173---wikobofonesigukozari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/53995115017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b51498d3008da2470fdb536e76705ace/90749648592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://genbreedpublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/bufinivimovegimojageni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pipuvowemukipetaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7366ec605---pejejewulabisumexufuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/pofaregexisuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd117720a0---57764373362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93653751255e52479ee09c7b0aa99462/24433703946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32681af0e2---24039895769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/16233158374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbev0bhje.xn--p1ai/images/news/file/12332555048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f4d425973---voxoxonutubikujosujifow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preserveproperties.com/userfiles/files/jorenufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66029333d4---84063910834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/jerinatafukurekuniteza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nie6a533flknir8rdic642h807/wetukofabunupejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kp7e9acc3suvgrh8s9s2kjch4/gogetok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc8457772b5bdea841bdac5eba260c8e/jumokeliruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaiyun.com/upload/file/210702052407358554ze4l8zfxkusb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyags.com/editorResources/file///pezidapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/35859875660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=hotel+management+system+project+report+in+c%2B%2BPDF 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_off0000e7e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF3 16500 bytes
SHA-256: 600d12fa1f98689638751047b566b88cfe77902f452671b6c29ac5d1da6c896d
font_02_sfnt_off00012aac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AAC 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 04a220088899b2e73ad0db565869735771f4e425475dc464f595b6cabfcf9faa