Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f44bddf85785b58d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:27:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b4ed2296ea6d6c9f5b7ed5003119ad22 SHA-1: a8300aafbaa30ab55749b37844e8145916fe51d4 SHA-256: f44bddf85785b58d73d2b809c7714327da3d86031205b993ea957d4e5c04a553
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonawizibalaxipalixib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/461e18916268444492354983cd6b36cb/20675221312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de-ko-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muvubewesunafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-physiology.ru/upload/nepetoditafazavajaripoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hung168.tw/UserFiles/files/dexudalezobilekoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maturitni-ples.eu/UserFiles/File/46374275884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/58822285279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/43497683095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/pegitodonepaperenevetes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eaf096a52c---loriwatexupezunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c47fc6358fac074ca0f4a82c932e2590/jasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3705d67db3b46b5e2ffc109676ec2dc7/tegapebesumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/xaxere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210917_005500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palestraarkadia.it/userfiles/files/93076000321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercerapparelss.com/userfiles/files/70372196320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/46183929270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/vekopamifovateloxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/95877615111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmitrovka-zn.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolukukimafud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/vamowekowewetiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfacgroup.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/9903593402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69392809661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ecc029a1d72f8ab3f7752708fe5d9f2/fuvamusibozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=best+rom+for+s7PDF 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_off00011f29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F29 10072 bytes
SHA-256: 3fc2b8f089b087386190af8e6135f433c793eab935cba9293e4a6ffbe7b58b82
font_01_sfnt_off000135bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014dcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DCF 18372 bytes
SHA-256: a20de037d42cb424c5a01a737e6e04cc676f8fb4ddfd9f01f18ce6daeda666f3