Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e44942e2ccb9ebb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:19:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ef6e617deab93700b588aec02947b368 SHA-1: 27ba39d5a2e26b31faf2a1fd6e271482510859e0 SHA-256: e44942e2ccb9ebb24d7cbc19634fdf735591af8621b9acac11e07e13f6d50885
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of a visual download button and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document's structure and linked URLs align with common tactics for distributing malware via compromised web hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ea8386cfd---xokadilopuponowezu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/rekadafokuvuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337c108d275---jolesuxapajimuwubuworaxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalanpa.com/images/upload/File/tobopewavinuretuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawoo.net/userData/board/file/44520455807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawilixomugomazomigajepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/75454668674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsdev.com/userfiles/file/83314211429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8f786709d3470399308a385b143f5b5/19843320406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bipalisdemo.dashindonesia.com/userfiles/files/63176078364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mewel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/88859683451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.casasemio.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewexajemurowugerukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettruss.com/upload/file/kewomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/40682169945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coonvalleycc.com/userfiles/file/vidoxisaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dc52a65f44---kiwuwejajuwozebalube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/29294582373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/2712176833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cokhivietuc.com/img-vietuc/files/liviwudigirofalugoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613746b3d316d---ninesusodojupajujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natursany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pijiravemorini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416256b2ff7---67846091990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=isaimini+tamil+mobile+movies+downloadPDF 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_off0000d899.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD899 16488 bytes
SHA-256: 70bff9fc72a1e0b6cb1962dcf5808022e9135d43df20af4cd32189c1eba268cd
font_01_sfnt_off00010321.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10321 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B38 10552 bytes
SHA-256: e82fe94061e2c1c42167984fd984540316c1dfc9bfc091e9254249016d04068b