Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44c968f469dd8a8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-08-28 07:55:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 104b755a05cc327012d8ab32cde5896f SHA-1: 43b29464f67f7f7c4cb0bb37334e66af79e67d53 SHA-256: 44c968f469dd8a8b00cf198bce5952679b1a7a4e13e0bc7fda6cbabbf7a37de1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082036fd4d24---sufezibokodezibazesot.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/jexajoradadeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonkuehner.de/gfx/userfiles/files/rogaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/nojugijukigidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46807e63ae18558fb7471d82f6ed7128/41905977100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98a6ada6e310ca6dd8ed685d7954b9df/91992332104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/11976658665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1a913bdd3---33783192444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/22603029007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be71f04d50a---dizuvotigosuxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadapremiumlubes.com/survey/userfiles/files/72642118236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marupyara.com/fotos/userfiles/file/88460382871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608033717b6bb---pikidogiridejubebanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/77016080798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0ea4fef5e8---41118893333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/dirorize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ideylia.fr/uploads/file/5420013901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/54359677387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubbelgickychobrov.sk/editor_uploads/files/xidofemojulamowowovodunuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessedfamilycovenant.org/clients/c/cb/cb727bc273eb4203dc66fb73741ae5ae/File/72111874053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://614move.com/clients/4890/File/tifomuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/47350202072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/34948591165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=lare+study+groupPDF 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_off0000c6f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6F4 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 992eac73934d5805836e3b4b4303baf672dc60ad3bfc46d84f095ef9ec4ee657
font_01_sfnt_off0000f337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF337 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B4E 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 35787ef0a99d14d61e601e478d1f724e900496fb44af4e749153687f93439656