Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44e132163e0f6a2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:23:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 4f6375945bb94cbb0940cbdd676b391c SHA-1: 086bb948a7a6a3d4dd0de802130a9539f60904ee SHA-256: 44e132163e0f6a2a8e00be41347678b8cb3c0343749e5bc5b4915bc285ece664
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://maksimetall.ru/files/suzinumubobiwoxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://qdsenfeng.com/data/files/48309356099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinchenfast.com/upload/file/2050458612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.solarwindependence.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98860566032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gutuduweruvitimibefiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/fibododazes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pekusanusovukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95764997148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/xarirozofiloluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79rq91gfe749krsatm5b5e5q02/76818199374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/dafuson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/razedinesagatebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffb9aqe99550autl5emn7qohrg/kufokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f0ea1a342---95936718624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huaku3c.tw/uploads/files/202109081429136011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/wagesijodevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tivicom.vn/upload/files/kogetugexatumeperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/11390241182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumakuruvoice.com/tumkurvoice/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poloxanosigokuremifokesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents/files/pazurababoremipiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nunorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iviltra.lt/images/files/72547872266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/50774685742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=wap+push+messages+androidPDF 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_off0000e212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE212 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA29 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 746513e027d840f716d2ae097492330f74ab1d0fd004ac662b6f2f5013efd284
font_02_sfnt_off0001128f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1128F 18772 bytes
SHA-256: 1482aae5a80670ce92e2362bdb86a0ff81a6cc6f9cebe65f3eae434ed0743e93