Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 544648afe88260aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 18:30:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4d358aee534ccea18848d984f4a8c089 SHA-1: 1450a52ffa331613cb6c1eb9688d4c8ea68ef7d0 SHA-256: 544648afe88260aa466a402baa2dd4d0d3e3389d8fab9567dd0f3a0d24aa836a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to external URLs, which are part of a link farm designed to obscure the final destination and potentially host phishing content or further malware. The presence of multiple compromised upload links suggests a coordinated effort to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://domadoma.cz/userfiles/file/kasunitegoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/pokuvedowasegapopobibodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b0d2ebfad---faguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/741ehhioa29p7jjhctlnvmqlub/42475541078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsxr.hu/userfiles/file/14298585572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97640063103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://potlista.com/file/files/17789811687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/fuzogopomemesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6c4214a2a7c416c34f77ec5addc7c8d/55751920536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onsijsselstein.nl/userfiles/files/ginapisivimenanadejameten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanglong.vn-greenenergy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42598758781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hferrynetworks.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_DB726725A7C2B287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kottayammedicalcollege.org/CMS/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koxedefodamobavuzaluga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkycc4.com/kycc4.com/userfiles/files/guboxotijawojijopokaveja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--b8qxb801j.tw/upload/files/91711075090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134939888a9c---ratota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/98214902921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/wusizizudedasekinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/gixidadupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn--c1acndkmcarx.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53980672032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/46746817824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shortguycentral.com/ck_uploads/files/bifigagapitobibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jysunshine-hotel.com/up_files/file/50379702774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsacademy.ge/uploads/files/24936831078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=viral+free+icon+pack+apkPDF 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_off0000dbb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB9 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 94e69d98ccac38ba200f2747a2dd1396e4dccaecbadd8169973f765994cdd637
font_01_sfnt_off00010adf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F6 10268 bytes
SHA-256: e790fb901f02a8be87979fee9028a180599914f52b287eae7b1a77480b4ef80c