Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e44fd6d3a025a454…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-09 23:38:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 23f53d5ec69034ff55f129949fb568a8 SHA-1: e9fd8aa989df938f67e16405a2a497c4fd2c44ae SHA-256: e44fd6d3a025a4548f8ee01131b65bb6845754cd96c17432d1d16cfcef24d3ed
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as a phishing trojan by ClamAV and flagged by an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 http://nextlab-semi.com/files/fckeditor/file/foxalunewugerorolexi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rent-1.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuvopuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2737dcc2c32a88fecd34c61ce5c53ae3/pamefuvoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topupdana.com/contents//files/wipumewivedid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namuvaldymas.lt/userfiles/file/goxuloxagimomenatexisuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hygradeinsulators.com/images/uploads/file/18094055637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe7e8d4455fd31bcc143769a76a89ffa/ferarejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibleyestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tejenizoxejalafuguruka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patoman.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siwawukowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/xugidobuvanowuzuwiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edd0d6eb7f0---65029893315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7c93c5109---balajure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/28762768095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/lupetonevukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/sijowajudewezuzimikikoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1761ac465a61a20b5cd37952724d5c6/rejujizulujefovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2017.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guxoxagoribamusosizaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrosedale.com/uploads/files/89157666210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1984wnhs.com/clients/2/25/250e0aaa51dad033202e6c34d8602b4d/File/gadojazewif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33900aa6f0aaf4a9dc1603f9135a069b/lipekexupoverozuditir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/jawezubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0850b2ac40---gulorepaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec33dd72f5---89455589402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetalent.com/upload/files/95202323212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+prepare+for+pharmacy+residency+interviewPDF 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_off0000f77d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77D 16624 bytes
SHA-256: 39440ed8e74322841efd4ec57b2cdd72a46382d8d31eb755eb22209bdbf34896
font_01_sfnt_off00012226.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12226 11096 bytes
SHA-256: f77a7727d4b939cb45302edb58e3bec948e5c6e8c77147346763e72cfcdae2b7
font_02_sfnt_off00013bed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1