Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 574fb66016fbd3ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-30 21:49:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: bde6d01c84a36e78f1657d231bb6adf0 SHA-1: e26fef7a771774ec5002c723ed4760c18d6ec162 SHA-256: 574fb66016fbd3ac7d9bfb58296499b5d536baa184f6c13a92a4ebb2554a2d97
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 an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs that form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the links are on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=smartgaga+windows+7 PDF link annotation
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d98948b673a5e4edf9e28eccba33eb7f/luvolugajaxakubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/xogexibubatogimibewaxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abarappresentanze.it/userfiles/files/vavajoboxutuxugiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bcslaw.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/98322243089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/16377528877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://open.ua/uploads/ckeditor/files/ligulejosubolad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614adf5ee46a6---92027798883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/84162151207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd77acd6500d2767b9a018ba50887aad/35498071594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnjhanoi.com/upload/files/48738976122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mariabeckmann.com/fotos/uploads/files/xowubidoxusunofurubari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66511752870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksusu.com/upload/files/xubifuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/73635995829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202109151754302706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/40014560776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21263167763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atel-j.nl/uploads/files/14302922998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/73229400506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c63941f793d67d11d13ac1237974a612/pivoketelelis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senvietsystem.com/ckeditor/upload/files/fuzekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150f1443522b---luzilisuwerubinixab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/xisuwokoxidudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luxupotufewigafizag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b05b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB05B 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 06cc37fdc20608b1b5fa95ae6790475c73c62d29a49a61d287175674f5949069
font_01_sfnt_off0000c87b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC87B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e08d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE08D 14864 bytes
SHA-256: 2b89b8ff00d609d368c7da2872f3a73d0df4525bd12de7db6287cf66e9f9b272