Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de44d427bbf8481c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:52:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 3af2c704880cb39e2f1a589ea03304e6 SHA-1: 3b94c8182bc4698f43cbef9f0ca3de741e37ee29 SHA-256: de44d427bbf8481c6b81af9e09bec5e20e79eea9c8178c8ed80be034a6ed7996
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to phish users or lead them to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the primary attack vector appears to be the extensive link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://ylwlgwadmin.ylwl.cn/upload/files/18269354510.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a17338843---16607867375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c26be3c513c412bf04952cee9c59dfa/xuxosapagugeduwuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobspace.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/82215288591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8a9fb7e9b---pojelotufarowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b54248371c---20480397539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/61593107597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/56521036646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pxmonastery.org/CKEdit/upload/files/70712353416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzanipunebigovefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/nodibunuletu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67ef7f38d5---79718605184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/14087116092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/6054738836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/70243693225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungqibiotech.com/upfiles/editor/files/gibawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/88517298137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/fofikukibemusabovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b87b6fa430af237eabc5a7640fc7ada9/2601634508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef5fec50e7---vumugifabotowajup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevenhillsgroup.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85770278835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/39034771670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8f0c02e6b1---55620840329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveranigioielli.it/userfiles/files/5585642730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c335c8e17---wikazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9071665ea572a6589845d147e900e5f/4675980226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/37048136580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/kokuwedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=villa+lobos+prelude+3+pdfPDF 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_off0000c9b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9B1 19132 bytes
SHA-256: ff39adbca337c8c8340f5c00eed5a6f3267c23fc11c409eb916e84109a2abc64
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCD 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 2776a561a75f4e4bb2531459002e808891bff70357896f56d8dd4816a17f0ea6
font_02_sfnt_off00011427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11427 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1