Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5174f429f3eae017…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-08-03 13:56:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d1225b3d030753fba9c6ad1b5cc2ac44 SHA-1: e87d932299487167026e0a39f543600c6deeb7b2 SHA-256: 5174f429f3eae0177154f266f50ced3894bd24257f2c3612387ee75ec12dd821
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bba122687a---92364480755.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5625bd180c049c1afdd4f6057e5d06c8/zelozobowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7ea5436866f18c73535129408923e5c/rawaxebibidumovidet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59abf91424---rorivibenemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vssteel1999.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/15030937577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795371289c8---68469881477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78455907552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0835ed7e6---sesutexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7102ea932---37678583289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/69574507843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jt3vi2f8i9lq64cjtaapd5g5p4/14151796946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efd49b8c93f---90685801111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goopenapp.com/uploads/files/62802403593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/54881169273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/palexagaxodivelotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/vidojiwesamulitetafiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/pefikevugodizuzinurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/64817981260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/vamideraku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northphoenixmustangs66.com/clients/4/4b/4b49b54eec06ebba3741256e9f3e6f2b/File/43821692395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817ba91b429---kigedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/rusubusudojovudepeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pharmaceutical+capsules+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00011892.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11892 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000130a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A9 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 4df82dd8f6eed67f7111785668bca9d63a0208ab0030fd076cb1c7485c78eec5
font_02_sfnt_off00014a51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A51 18064 bytes
SHA-256: 003690f1ffe65b317cc1c8037ee9278eb09eacf88c0cf5678dfe8e5cbd003a5e