Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44d5143bddf57a00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 04:28:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 39a5fc09758896c95df9aa724a3d9f0b SHA-1: f499b394e89936852b4d20b80ed5bd035b4eb761 SHA-256: 44d5143bddf57a00d8455dc6b735622b0cebbaba26b6520f1571b0740ef95679
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpp1tgbh0gg8geiislsmfjhrs7/46390596770.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfapsm2llhqj36e5tlt7pqd3a1/zazosolizezizubomezopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs-carpediem.com/clients/46367/File/54785813428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af47f1494b0458ef5d6de35f78b4f24d/68386673026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/61219143595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8428c48427adb67a0417693e525df835/fitoxufijazen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608203ff4871f---88903650051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relocationservicesgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778d514dacb---5726759155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bc0ae48d435baa582ba43dfb377bc3c/somuxuxalegijeligadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/26752168665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a5ece493a---86374707677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///vuduzusedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uvhut49nteu2bh79rc36mg4tde/39314037444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dm5haaec6v008h41pd80lupg7n/bisetimesotij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiostocchi.eu/userfiles/files/jaras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607009941896e---guperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00e5dbc15d---33467137070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/12202063535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbmotorbrokers.com/userfiles/file/20655317483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea75bd7bf508435e7396d678b312cb65/85416930861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e362bcae92---64756177025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c897bad79dc---viwifojazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728e1cadb96---19383281532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=plant+cell+parts+and+functionPDF 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_off00010b69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B69 10712 bytes
SHA-256: ad9d44a8efe83371e32428e555a17e68dd359fa20cf2fa0cc23cf9cdef9c467e
font_01_sfnt_off0001241d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1241D 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 4a845cc1915ed1c6687aabba66233999a9d8c9cca854e2692663fe1830fea4a7
font_02_sfnt_off0001530c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1530C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1