Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a44126ccef121edd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 20:18:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: be2e935a6e5f7985e09db656e781e39d SHA-1: 73f36b6ab49007e05c218e8c06a92740b08e6f9b SHA-256: a44126ccef121eddd92677b499bc622680a8603f6e4aed7c104ccd070ad99e11
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including one pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely for further exploitation or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://heorungminhphat.com/luutru/files/92605135424.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/jafaselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210917/file/werepanurufajelurorexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/98301066386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easternresources.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefozufevumofudutibugowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vleek.com/uploads/files/watonemozisutagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euskararenginkana.eus/files/galeria/files/31102292974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/15554844284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luisacortesearchitetto.it/userfiles/files/bulibelezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbriz.ru/userfiles/file/dumijosuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/37652706706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0755d01a868c36998808f29ecb987706/lemanag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ud-hobby.com/images/Upload/file/58846542863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/246211113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizovogaxixumunasizisud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercerapparelss.com/userfiles/files/67236736274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/54455598807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/18597171818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiahpa.com/flash/files/34392859350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcongluc.com/upload/files/tuzonubuwejanunobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd21528bc4---96162500558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149973d35fff---42656536617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119pump.net/d/files/86047855041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161491d72d7a4a---69357975403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snowcat.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumuruzezabalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://descanso.verareyes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ralixunuvirazab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=download+rise+to+honor+ppssppPDF 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_off0000ba0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA0E 20324 bytes
SHA-256: aec37a8a553b455ec5f3ebca561895ddcef036b2fc365be0becefffaa943a769
font_01_sfnt_off0000edc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC7 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 8825b9be98e20b153d43e56a14d5fb7b55890e2c58fe02d61c587bb15761f8ff
font_02_sfnt_off000105e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1