Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 944d5962716c14b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:35:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b16e2d7a264478b598219e1b8eb3927d SHA-1: 0aba2934694efcbe9bc4476b02a1e365cce14e3f SHA-256: 944d5962716c14b39e1d880637d146317f3d30c55ee1351a00ae48619142baf1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content, likely to steal credentials or distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607587b64e17f---21635978872.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/7413753106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uvcg9g92mkvfo0mt23j2si80f1/nujolizujegamevofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/92234542368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitarofindiamd.com/userfiles/file/dizebakaxisavazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a075d69be---90026370505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/23933232858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/mevofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926254c3e5b---26129284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents//files/7860823148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzwigipoznan.pl/userfiles/file/15771351773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e50861d4428---livisilebunimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6411c4ae97---4116409659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210429235756122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/4077238164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mupoxuseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607375b410f32---tazogava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piqiso.ru/userfiles/file/63013081366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2mk3vqsrn2hli06etbglbq4u7/57987613903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sproname.com/files/userfiles/files/61625708563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromp.it/userfiles/files/bosarikokometiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d12f09fb5---62269336024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/vugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/xalarobivos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umartravel.com/files/xevijenuzonatezatuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=finding+area+of+a+parallelogram+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d60a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD60A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE21 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 9e39328d13838d893ee7d55c3c9420fb4ab5567ea10a8b8e3e729472c6ed2377
font_02_sfnt_off000107a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A1 17408 bytes
SHA-256: e04741bf25a8f4aae4fb2c96c607a21a6d585f7bd6dc579a173415fb3b73aa53