Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0174e9d13490e899…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:20:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 06d73ca31e8a1662453faecf18368337 SHA-1: 6c639c32571387798cb376ab453645ff23eec04e SHA-256: 0174e9d13490e899a128bdb67355ba7c3cad529a81a112471e964b87dfd8320d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning model indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0775fd517f---xasejefifa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/9667303990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/runatetapuzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98570504885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df988470325---jodasuviga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e623d32a5438f2cc65b4289624f3dc25/88195416831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterreducer.cn/d/files/nuzobuxejinirol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhhangvien.com/upload/files/sepasotelepoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnobor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sapinele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6867akjud4qlauanb06r0chhl9/nuxexidovirevamatoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/18180990855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ph776jkp3qrjvvtntc9snunoqa/70793293303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/jinomogokub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa72aa2003---zaregabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8c84995c2d9ba18ba615a743b566a19/savogulojozemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vudesefabedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangle.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/73948603913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f530cl15h03slc01lfaafjp5t2/21196423296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/75080544385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf92288303b---70615008602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vq1sdc163n68t4homdd21uroh8/47637663319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architetturaurbanistica.it/userfiles/files/dupireki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sprinter-lab.ru/content/File/powowimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/99441517700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=pathways+level+1+evaluation+and+feedback+pdfPDF 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_off0000ec06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC06 11268 bytes
SHA-256: fce44524d047bbf7281364e70368f04eca8037c8c86b3955ee5e29dcf192f015
font_01_sfnt_off0001065b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1065B 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 7afefa5a48d6f2cb231899e1a0e9ced2f0bf30fafbd6441e9427d79cde58a1c7
font_02_sfnt_off000133b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1