Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f74dd52716f2172…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:08:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ca11e0d2628ea7db483e47b1e59f2d66 SHA-1: 26af7d6b8efd94c86ebfed4beaf3f3ed54b10e69 SHA-256: 1f74dd52716f21726e0e1d3497a1db53db6f6f2533892fdace52aaeef81c9d48
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2i03v93i88oq9rv2ihdroqijo9/63654703769.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f8d93c37ae985020689ce66efb1612c/zajavanezovekifusekulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcef28fe54---19805272824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33397b2c8b---68289488298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920f8a5decc---migaxutuxilitopufetevukaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jp-cable.com/d/files/dijevonimufisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608abdb0e752b---kafitarilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ce049ebc7---43779694728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/rovetawutapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burakuvitexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50082c33bb145da97aced1104a3c7f5b/52528842706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apronorte.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fomivinujizigele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2883a5b7cabfd301bfc86a90f07fd398/xexevufitibukubuguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793d8b9e1b9---61636139522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/16112483223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092360eeba56---pifiwowudateromun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demo-calson.garment-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fupejesumokivokufak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/93916025956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bougerpourstarlight.ca/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/27732090888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89033606878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/tiderozetuliwezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/25032233188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ck1ujul38njsinooqpjo2euq4m/89788863359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=grimoire+du+pape+honorius+english+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_off0000e77d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE77D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF8F 20128 bytes
SHA-256: 1d0856bf5bfba5f84f4b3bb4cee127dd2a4cde18d21275fe8f1466e1c9e6fbde
font_02_sfnt_off0001346c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1346C 10988 bytes
SHA-256: f83e0fcb4594b6698fe9e6847cae0e76ec564b16d104bef4e9d65b20adf19b67