Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44de96cd8d736fa1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-30 19:14:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: da8b1a3fca4c06bf621debd6ddb126c6 SHA-1: 11d353c4502b7e8c03aa0d155ba0334eb31afce2 SHA-256: 44de96cd8d736fa1242f6945857de356a2034632c7f2223a40f29cc2dc82ef35
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a malicious PDF identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://signika.pl/Upload/file/fitole.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd004bebf1---39713872118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jogforbigt.com/clients/6/61/61f7a61d17da296148a50ccd59c4a139/File/90100212121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da01ed1b7a3fdbc7be2d44a409701934/folevopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tawabozumaniwevejobane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9541a6686d---bixurewevaguliwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidra.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kogefivuraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27615ea58c84d65238c6adb5c484d8c1/69865356336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fernandopelosini.it/userfiles/files/98351024552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/mupawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/futerutizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/kobigixekex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f2e65441ff---26662099066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/49354881070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119b230e237c---51423175064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjsgreatescape.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/xidak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carnesvarejo.com.br/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/sefabotekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/5289182598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de658a56c05---91113755916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonderful-foods.net/userfiles/file/93587552636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc64147ed2---zonalutimigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=gift+tax+exemption+2019PDF 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_off0000e40c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE40C 17924 bytes
SHA-256: 8bd503e0e51838702f2189b6c36a37d21282d2af5a5f8718976a9858a84e36b8
font_01_sfnt_off00011265.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11265 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A7C 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 1603252def2213256a8c677b1024d0cb21c5731d43c726cee8d5391ba29836e8