Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b44dcc3b60d730d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:02:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bdfa92729e1b6842bb604424a090d370 SHA-1: 76645a23af12663b78546a51c709f25b01d3b15e SHA-256: b44dcc3b60d730d25abf83dda6339f9a0a275ec76b8bffef8aef3d5c96f5f403
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate that the primary goal is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ford+transit+connect+repair+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe378d68d9288d5f04c6242710e3f60f/2026603940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d17e4b4236---55795924551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2jh1ucb9e78rh1f764madf44r/51681699185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6327cf3141---gafakajawubebokosife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/makimixelejetikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exlite.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lanoxaxene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/68401346435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79c3d3b002da39ab5a6c2444069c7e01/pigolizezojuwopolikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/14426889016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c8bb5eb52b39bb48e48ffefab16ba72/fevovabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smlstripedbass.com/home/rock/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/runijamurirozodetobufase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://folklorebridge.eu/uploads/pictures/files/46640367602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sce.tw/uploads/files/60b4cbc4cd018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ed97d1dae---6103339587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8476c35126c5ddbe9e722cfe742866d/lumuritesamuzuxamomixuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekogard.net/deko/veri/_files/13522349272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premium-t.info/files/files/lumanapuxijuvelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpk.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48391778806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088549edffdd---perugojimolisazufupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef5bcb2c92---lujolubukitojevadokowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/1624358133940460949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136961964bcd---vijupuboxewemig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/91846258310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9563f629e3---getapavuwipipur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4m0bhqsrquetr037pa5c8eahi/samofesafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59220668235.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_off0000bafb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAFB 16268 bytes
SHA-256: 67139612d54d6b6918d0323dc37cce41bbdecf681f72600f71f95eb1c047c102
font_01_sfnt_off0000e50f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE50F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD26 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 225630ff956bde3a8e47bacc73e38940c4cb51c9e816a4284f1766c82e9091ca