Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44cfce6f5e8ca4e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-09 18:52:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6972acbc4cdb7f614db37ae850d27cd0 SHA-1: a52820ab0b1fa1f364e89530602090a782522b3e SHA-256: 44cfce6f5e8ca4e955aa122808045bd14899b24099a3ebf2e170358a274953aa
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/bolorolezi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161348418db5e4---fukuronakujenatokabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gkia.org/kingkong/userfiles/files/42069806606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd49aa2a254753f0571842753eba4a4d/vebufozozixesov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134606ae771a---10026088968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20189334441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63266594518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613580f276be8---fomawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saraya-shop.ru/upload/files/4423211020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49530733618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingvastar.z-i-g-z-a-g.com/userfiles/files/79987873298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwaterpure.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/videz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a23bd9b3a---15304979481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-burbank.com/uploads/files/24766870756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307e7f7531c---bejavujapujoxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-pushkino.ru/upload_picture/file/37473930767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/makikede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yar-net.ru/userfiles/file/93661848219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiddeefire.com/media/userfiles/files/91404104882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panel2conso.com/userfiles/file/mabafumemurufifixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/sozejodifidasudadafevado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naphogacomposite.com/upload/files/nobalawugevinazogajemedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35924058337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/poziliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=vavoo+tv+apkPDF 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_off0000d3ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3AB 17828 bytes
SHA-256: c72e791b69ccbb6252458a87e6a1cf928000d9a6fefeb350b073220b2695bae2
font_01_sfnt_off0001021c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1021C 9728 bytes
SHA-256: c1eecedde915c3be83e7f0119d884a21f60c9d2cec27331f13fb1475af3b7f9d
font_02_sfnt_off0001178c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1178C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1