Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44f7cb8af2b375e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:33:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 19711f01df2ec376935972ccbe695e9b SHA-1: d8791cbdefe7de3f8f42813a1cce57c26972356d SHA-256: 44f7cb8af2b375e7b2ac3d50f15d619648dbff3041544d06ca0887549a834ebf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many hosted on disposable or compromised domains, suggests this file is designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' specifically points to a link farm on disposable hosting, reinforcing the phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd9471a359e---xugatutejaguluzu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe9a5fdf93f72e2591cf08c01b48c1e/xozomuriluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/zozeliwogadojitubub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105050617025170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/628054be93a09f23f3a66192e494a684/zekawozedukuwoserapomul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c4c532d5604775be60889bee00e06d3/kesolakiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/putufepabekunagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmresidences.com/images/bulk_images/files/93933106197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46dc5eddfcb86a3e13ef63077617754b/jiloturu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koslita.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodefikavogosuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c82e93a9b0---13442855993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/62147149373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64302677934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauroconsulting.pl/userfiles/file/verobafiburidami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2566e7a7ca---65721646566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2f507e00a---bomeduponebunopiluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caf6db83cfc9599e804bcecb4b8f82a5/lekakivebelejusitam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umartravel.com/files/puziteginasigufeputaxaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b426fa4a683---89911705925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.me/userfiles/files/37143684244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6de7616df30a5f79255412baee619fe/laxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubasatoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/zamomidovepapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nz/upload/mesomatifomigisepesuboxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125a2e0059be---36710640056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=directional+couplers+pdfPDF 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_off0000c441.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC441 16184 bytes
SHA-256: 3c6e3dab8b3b58c5bd0415d274237d69c08664b25b62116373a10f0ae2fef144
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8A 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 47a674e3c95483eb8482d9d3f8e4f0919a3de6f01884ae6a7f49dcd18d1fd251
font_02_sfnt_off00010642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10642 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1