Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e44605ce9d1ee500…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:01:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e1b0b9b1827b0615ae28181f2aee6667 SHA-1: 25cd3085a190ce493edce8d01a5f45cc78e673ff SHA-256: e44605ce9d1ee5000bc8d66f7d9348fa30bff74d3a1c48f7b3ef503c92150255
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the presence of a 'utm_term' parameter in one URL indicate an attempt to lure users with search engine optimization tactics. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities or redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+english+file+intermediate+teacher%27s+book+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://faktxeber.ru/resimler/files/daniluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topspeed4wd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3924335671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we-women.de/default/files/uploads/file/66532019475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ebb435fe5---fanok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/zanajemume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ph-easycome.com/userfiles/file/nafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiansabroad.uk/userfiles/file/legudevosedewagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chataigne-cevennes.fr/imgs/files/nerurizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://captaincook.hu/userfiles/file/84693014748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohingltd.com/userfiles/41318750366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/10775248061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/dakurawuzodojuwere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3a2eec927---xowexanexivawomek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmrs.ps/userfiles/file/19593719878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/67902126166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/tikubidupumotekoxisorurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hideab.se/tc/Mediagalleri/file/wikamifivefetudituwabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/ziranavix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/renelisuzon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a159c706f---bevujazimovuketusisuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/kadiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/valaka.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_off0000b748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB748 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 444434ad4594970d54c03ac0c2102dbbadb29e6965ebd2fbd22e2003eee6776b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e119.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE119 11396 bytes
SHA-256: 9d00d2aa09e7ce76336be29097fd5e45fa0c7f4cbc4aa65d6b105564743ee0ce
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1