Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d44486482f65743…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:09:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0bb8deffd318680520f0c6e327ac553f SHA-1: 2eb1f092e8946b7d66861c316b5812d57d046781 SHA-256: 8d44486482f6574313ad2032555587c5e43bfa1e7768529b3b0b7c195d73c8c1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests potential malicious scripting capabilities. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification, likely involving phishing or SEO manipulation tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=step+plus+layer+cut+for+long+hair PDF link annotation
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/jewotubopumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis94.fr/img/pics/files/75118417750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfhs1978reunion.com/clients/56625/File/62829629715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/xeziwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-label.com/upload/files/50115329046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/piruzowaremodiweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7f3e6ea07---rexikewusububoxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muslimofwestbengal.com/mwb/editor_upload/files/xofesovajixuzilivekagir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b839a54bf0b---gufuban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/ripukisafufukorutipab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeon-dev.com/uploads//files/202108131019321011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc00ed7f22---molofemudevozenubumeforab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/dixakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/92511441393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/pikilavigakazodojob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a236e34b0982442d12f6e65871626f46/22598371207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24c1504510---rubanufinowokezexezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/32146743419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cae058b850---webodimudejuxorex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e3013e217---jazopejima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e8396b09df1ae17b4e536f358e60c11/wezegixagiwuluruzesademuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanders-scottfamily.com/clients/26926/File/vabonaxavine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tscyw.net/userfiles/file/20210826183439_go5b67.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perlawarmii.pl/userfiles/file/89369572506.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_off0000f8dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8DD 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 6237646b78db6997c7c97ead6dbf6858bd141f3d604fb71108a6465f19dce525
font_01_sfnt_off0001128e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1128E 18592 bytes
SHA-256: a9d49049f222ee85e2b6b7bb7e2a1406f2a11e586e8b3d491a9c70ce443fefc3
font_02_sfnt_off00014330.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14330 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1