Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d44645bea80bb506…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-13 06:11:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 88c3a4b1e408026e11269817f8f82964 SHA-1: 62c291b819978d40e218699cfa16eb60da18691e SHA-256: d44645bea80bb506bb7ae2dbc0ea0dcf212acad2c52f794e88265e09fd7715c8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to various compromised websites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://advertisementnepal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukafivijojabavibolesit.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hsj223avn5259hjtfpup80u43/66207558725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/gutigizewuturi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0f99c3e85---93357923270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3021d634bb43f6a18ba14cd1330e000/54143128457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609443a187909---21193423927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fb41064f44e3e468c0f398ccfdeea05/95455180707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/nonasejasiralopowureje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5p8ih7tl0cgrttjsaifcko1214/mezarotoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/basafalewemofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccaquebec.com/userupload/files/8138685257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512204623220608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/52128423898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da56516d610---potixuzajugoragesifado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ia1o8jn01u1l2iqcose17c5bt6/xitasuvapususu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71f058fa475162ef315f760543ca0218/49628129640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c803869e5827c2f0bb86d71024e6e87/54888799901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/87652624618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c96fdc10f---91571940419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5e3a65c841c0ddf0f2ed2b4d3e80fb4/jazufuvirax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/desuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/43962094389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9a57f20596dad89c2a3607bdef6a764/lamanomunapovidedameseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=first+preparatory+christian+academyPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5b1c040e1---85216471679.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_off0000e3be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3BE 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 8b6163e7678e217565a83523cf5167880167acae9ad7b86b96f76c9942fea06f
font_01_sfnt_off0001112c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1112C 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 8ca02cef4ab882c484523ea1270561f982d17706a4f8660182202502150822f7
font_02_sfnt_off000129f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1