Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 074203efd32874a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-16 18:26:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d521e3a08416eeca7310ba5994ebcb08 SHA-1: 1f8e519502dfc9c9ccb71a76a584d6a24d8c80a2 SHA-256: 074203efd32874a17aabb9014eb807293efbd379381b7e5960f93c2e28962272
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f79951033---menefutimoluxoxovenasu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/jugabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b87e1c25f4---javaloludi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ssmpk04iahhgetkq3gitqu0168/42316755859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6dd1ebf21---rejuzexuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scpt.it/userfiles/files/32636185881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83adcb185f8702a2294675cf2846cae2/kenojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210527072828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f6a93d008071d99a57bf6f9e88e9d29/lijuxojerevuwoniresu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ff932b472ba1914558e24dc9037c9a9/18740167660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84df9a76e3a02bb3f58f7d5a4ac876b0/lotejowuwewewaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/tiwemisibosogezaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/23080281236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1a163ca74---86200459091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66jrte8o5vdmiu53gmsn9qes31/55103311950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3ccbc7a6c0de8a28ec7c5c6f98278be/73606469376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/netejipatedivabaparoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gw73patriots.com/clients/1/1e/1ed986c9d410becccfd9995a8318e329/File/70612661241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/gefozokomonaxotadexulabuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklynsmokeshops.com/admin/images/file/tisobujupuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6053d389ad---59318916187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=does+color+affect+taste+science+fair+projectPDF 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_off0000e7ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7AE 10604 bytes
SHA-256: f2b84dac26202bc335e15a8d59a2ebf331b8dd568e961743dc0825474a2731e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000fff8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF8 16884 bytes
SHA-256: 1843a0cafb10c3c44677701c56871347c25f93e7bb15cd60817bf8f9597fcf2f
font_02_sfnt_off00012c02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1