Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe44de5b283d6b73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:15:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 365822f0de2c5251b8ce24c4b49e51f5 SHA-1: c585e59cb0e7aa673814458723acb22219ae1303 SHA-256: fe44de5b283d6b730e6c1eadd66f1a11b0290e1c3647564a446c64635340d59c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or directing users to malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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 http://alarm.pl/userfiles/file/xupudazixiduba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cgmorenanews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gufira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldmenu.com/userfiles/file/45625045598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theartofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxajumitogiwoxuvetumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phubozena.pl/userfiles/file/vamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/zusomapuwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecniagua.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/goxapewobutevadeguxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peetersinstallatietechniek.nl/upload/files/dozuruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/xiwuseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614048d999799---lepidari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalnetworks.de/www.galabau-poscher.de/main/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76734607897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horizonpestservices.com/userfile/21356275195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-baby-clothes.com/d/files/77205722236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311207028cc---jejiveselizevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hu/files/51783825560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/tuxibirurobuwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sadelewabupopumusitudawar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/10137176330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tixagavotulawilagusodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/surofofunazowusaberame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94vhfga5iq8lad5bfq9d2fsiq5/daxupokofotobakat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cantinachitarra.it/userfiles/file/60916916083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/24977239512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harckocsik.hu/userfiles/file/15723388581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/luzobuzugigufarefuxakufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/detupizonetojububu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esenkardeslerinsaat.com/resimlerfiles/fekubodan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+auto+followers+on+instagramPDF 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_off00010fd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000127e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E3 18416 bytes
SHA-256: a3883b0ef447baf1abb944d785cabb542ce616132bcf320ba7a0c948a5effcd3
font_02_sfnt_off000157c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157C6 10732 bytes
SHA-256: f6eee35834646376f511672f05023bcbbc3c6073c4585e7120f54976c52e93b7