Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44e0f61fa53ace8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-08-31 22:11:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9a2154e56402ae7cc50524ac92290e3d SHA-1: 2ea7b6f8dc84dfb85dc38be14c3352b4566d507f SHA-256: 44e0f61fa53ace8e3535053eca6032e0cdfb9716c323fe87894b38f7b05ec493
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92702015658.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d401012c18---25903966053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/23567617513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/99963412222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cd1a35fd2e6e211d892521adbd54313/21646920674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e21f4a371e2b27276ffb5cbffc503c3/napupetamelokelupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/peruge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ee215f80246c5352e1f58dbfee26bf5/dupanirojarawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vku0uu4h1dhte78pgvp48joc0/zabawuvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921e2a3bc41---62443308553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/gamedozomusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9006cd5e8e656eee197bf34b0016f093/70458441396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgruppe.de/userfiles/file/mezulojabipulexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e2a67fa57---86630093006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pijntherapie.be/uploads/files/nekubegogejidotatifewev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b467d0eed96---18512935879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45fb771e27---fekomexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g4l8f2481d116vruu73e69nvg2/gujuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bb3c70fbf84edcf19e22fc96e778159/81729789007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad45c60070f---wuloneradubazakurisopog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/levowofobotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=qualities+that+start+with+xPDF 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_off000111bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000129d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129D3 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 4309c2851a83aaa2d3dec36aabd5cf5f61ae27b0944786cd583b12929c9afb09
font_02_sfnt_off00014170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14170 18852 bytes
SHA-256: c2b8807395d3b2efce7e0297efd6ab361560649b8c363c979589a56228c7ae12