Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0884a74eb799f7bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-21 00:42:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e1ff8a79b398cbdfc0a683be3c30e69b SHA-1: 7545d9cfdbeec027b28463e83f8c77d2e4b8fce5 SHA-256: 0884a74eb799f7bc1cdf268716b476dcc02ed70f2fc4220483efb0a2dab987e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://neksav.com/upload/ckfinder/files/depeketimijivuwobu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7396f1b952e86033d860e074afc520b7/jazarumepozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607baf9ed0de4---pusibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0762b7924---vapafezisidepiwixotafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0iid5nt2pgt9b8232hlfdn154/filowepolanofojizodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/85295565218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/86311564033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/zekegaxamuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fb08d108ef126734cb481e71a9756e5/1097631469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/lujugovelijuvunexixuval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc6cde5e8d970146e269d6f11ac88ee4/19200923710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/17250072782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/luzotek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79258066934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43703797858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f082249a0e---13993917295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pa64ms61b56gbvrqj5hadmr255/xaxatefunowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e02081b2a---10455897419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naoshima-habitant.com/wimara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayurherbal.com/userfiles/file/77871316139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a58fb662a5a3246348ec8e99f71a9e/14038989291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tablica-nieruchomosci.pl/uploades/fckeditorfile/musodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalitas.es/userfiles/file/suzamopiralurowetafisenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/dotoduzodutofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/27931675231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodinovysoused.cz/upload/file/sasoxekiravomuzovaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+difference+between+active+and+passive+transportPDF 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_off0000fadd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADD 10956 bytes
SHA-256: ba17628f4ad13a4a17a039700b02e9cb4f38e492e3f11295807701a206630808
font_01_sfnt_off00011410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11410 17368 bytes
SHA-256: f25263efe647532b5f11ce0dd648884ce2e0f0b77d5d4624e402b155b30a4e39
font_02_sfnt_off0001417a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1417A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1