Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a44e5cb39f2064ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:12:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bbaf0682ef0b879e27abde3a67efd097 SHA-1: 219d2438921463f867fc04692769c8832c5d1c1c SHA-256: a44e5cb39f2064ae41b0c0190a792d5675ef79069b77bf66a85ccdf7a3b3bb0d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=555+timer+circuit+with+variable+on%2Foff+times+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bv33kuf84kl4set0ao296ds0rs/88382748842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ficsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elde83caf6gl31up0fe3q69jpo/gavuvolatiperim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://torby.kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poloxufomameserabilasix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sspvjd.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210822_E6298BE1BE219056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/kuwurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/30810907808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/388c0a9225211d949d16dad6ebeb8d9b/dajebosofafepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33440947105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bhkf3ge87tla0egmvtg8hdvo0/mimajomafutofuzizeguxomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besteva.com/upload/files/68049633373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liftsystems.ro/LiftFiles/file/51519035344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/31770101489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/66644948027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118867ded11f---52127985909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/siwalanete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinruily.com/UploadFile/file/20210809224958021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43ba9768a8---fanofas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/69001766624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d43f5c34dbe819782d32b9b34d38ba1c/kevakefolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dennehylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/deberavubuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rogadologositamigove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bachson.net/upload/file/fajedujekal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blogsma.com/files/wozemabokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/xezoxuvigupugututule.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_off0000e8f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F8 18860 bytes
SHA-256: ec273bce5022fd85de04093086949935eb3d1c30f2b105742f4318df7876850f
font_01_sfnt_off00011958.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11958 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 32b1bff027242c1b89e0a147169483ae1b6c8ab81fa02b980b27947f93909e52
font_02_sfnt_off000133c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1