Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44e0c47e23ac1429…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-06-21 13:52:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9b49269071037cc46e3be47a448b2c65 SHA-1: 245e694d27324e24ff3e68c8d40e4b08ebd30dfe SHA-256: 44e0c47e23ac1429986821289d73168d1235dd3ad9b4910b3d9b213c74cf2f26
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable infrastructure. The document's content, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to business agreements, aiming to trick users into visiting these malicious URLs. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c72ad040a---39410943945.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4b3859939d735edcc15462380d73d52/pipanijiwigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/67573278230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/xorovubopewufurumalajekuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081951d84444---10931165299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/dinulajaniko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/53259426064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffe82dab94c879d8fa4e130b1325ded5/webizuseloxalewuzifisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efc36658a7---dasepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhgqdr4qb6a1kk0c0luftpe5eh/79084455904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/98848928123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5473e7b9622a01abd805d694a8a2a138/bijezuxujepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/96499945668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file/%5C/96507263046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/80166831486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/88470580322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57deb6e933---fotagufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af9abd05dbc3cae5447109993fae155e/nadurafasarasutupimutejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=memorandum+of+agreement+sample+business+partnershipPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2A 5600 bytes
SHA-256: 7b63eeb172b2945b18c103b3b94eb7287cff3e363366bec6442e10755f769fcf
font_01_sfnt_off0000f010.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF010 10788 bytes
SHA-256: f5ab614ea3073a219ad1a542d2c3a8600ece3f85f4f0b8927f1d2edb468bf9ce