Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 744ab3e7961050f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:29:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: ae5bb5d8a4eabacaf5e9be037789b535 SHA-1: ea4f966da47c61d156b75b579e97267f46ff33ae SHA-256: 744ab3e7961050f351a73beec13019f63e72beea09bfb1408929d5e1c4a93a9a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The `utm_term=vba+convert+pdf+to+jpg` parameter in one URL indicates a potential lure related to document conversion, possibly to trick users into downloading further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vba+convert+pdf+to+jpg PDF link annotation
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b8e39d4065dc211aae85c631f2836af/redikawukiwoderaputagixav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/97581244436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalathena.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/48853834562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salocchi.it/userfiles/files/biraxalufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/mabesowifonew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/tofudewulafarivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinasoftcore.com/userfiles/file///penolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepaltrekkinginhimalaya.com/assets/userfiles/files/vifisexumaxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41116362752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rkpirr3rtin76ptk91rr0il0dp1vmu0p/10743880387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jasolasia.com/image/upload/File/febusuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bokunefijawet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoya-system.com/uploads/files/202109130331112457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhjpharm.com/upload/files/deputavuzuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenithmetals.com/files/fekozobipojolonoledi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85028797725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6755bd4583aff8027371f046f0ce517f/talafomoripefomosexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138de57cf624---funinofijifizes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-b-i-s.net/layout/bilder/file/98749915637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-resource.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziguwulilujinirifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/ponowakijoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingcall.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62449498902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/10396719662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainhouse.kr/data/editor/file/14713756176136cfb811d66.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c787.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC787 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF9E 10792 bytes
SHA-256: e8b13c01c324b6df2442ef347f15386d9a1c2425bcd0074a0a336227b367dd53
font_02_sfnt_off0000f844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF844 17180 bytes
SHA-256: ed0696de25db43f35271612ec5513365d22591bef7a40e4bc9cbe2e19e2691a2