Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44c9025eceaa86d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:34:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f68331abb68c370a45f5db77dfe7c0dd SHA-1: 94a2d4913a3007ca825feac5c557edc0fd589bd1 SHA-256: 44c9025eceaa86d67e70de17117079f59f89b5419a6d3cc9b8e5b6c7a520ad7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fawn+pitbull+puppies+for+sale+near+me PDF link annotation
    • http://pusheng168.com/uploadfiles/20210817075255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2250871760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee435712a9e---4088737346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/504912eaada63544f7fefd39d7e12ad3/33837941501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dufimevutawimobiloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41ac28d14cf3050c7f6aef2059f549a0/japafakizevapirekaxuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomacanthe-art.fr/imagebeforeafter/files/87913302398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/67427764716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoman.cz/data/file/minalopenadepurifamupixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/wexem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/zuwugibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/81917597956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jhk7080o820sdidu8d69u9cgud/jolijogigujote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/700221f5eb6d2d839dd07fc1bb327df3/23092859017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nurekixeserabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/58871316671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.com/contents//files/2566554913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/20729395554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullmagicweekend.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rojobikixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opescom-store.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/pububinilar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1u7r5vbl2rscje1k9rgi3sl64/31043328266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2ldrpr14effgh9tphfug6kuqt/87847226483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/crm3etmb7lvkm52c9nku47ivpo/sadakemiviwiwurukep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-wd.holcom.vn/webroot/img/files/lewonomexodutikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugemuvewisinisakul.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_off0000ee7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7C 19244 bytes
SHA-256: 3fa91a4275220cd32922d0488214023483d656e6f9d62026f238e06bde2cdda1
font_01_sfnt_off0001211f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13936 10824 bytes
SHA-256: fa13c523599d444bffa2293d3500e596faa84067a2ff6fb8f25a1a7111d55057