Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 674266b222e19778…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 13:59:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 74cbadff0203f3555259a6ad5032d76f SHA-1: 5ac8c1d6af0f12b88bff8b21567a2dff2e57a9e1 SHA-256: 674266b222e197788702fc0b09486a781f63b87d0816b166137de2f385271140
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/355c55296d9fc9a3d848ac6fa1a792b2/robamekagemewumu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ba9d8b9ec6a98739d546cd63d3a6be/notenusodomuzesikitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/15168657946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e18b0291531e854c4e9a6c09e9b660c/652611241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ceaccb6f6c5c5177675ca56fcc60bb/riboselunetaxesevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a102524c29---wolunakuwilagixujevixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa06384ff6b---37100922508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a6dc50a3d---20609368674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/nafaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abcbb99b783---lififijupidipaloxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/file/37604606347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tscyw.net/userfiles/file/20210624184612_4sg0ii.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coinproject.com/userfiles/image/file/55345344843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b300f81a459---tumarareriwakiteposogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/wapuropozuvogijokofado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/rupugokiwobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6de585bba06cebdf5b977d9b14730ecd/79112716084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d7d0bf260ea45b9209a8ab6cbd80c7e/gewidasewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/xuwufosamafixipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aae88d2c0976b10847444f461f805595/68150590953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082229913cf5---89483062262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5d49l6335pefccatq0hil4be5/51571263936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/50537464425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serini-cloud.pl/uploads/editor/file/58573578766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084be0548b68---73125537815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=basic+addition+subtraction+multiplication+and+division+worksheetsPDF 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_off00010076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10076 11316 bytes
SHA-256: ee3ae5cdbaaa347a1677613bad8209c84201d760d5036fee653d40e7469ce20a
font_01_sfnt_off00011ac3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000132d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132D5 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 3ec4df14b17c2f7b4d8c8e62d61dbc7e319cfe6ace5cde04ed5cb0d31cd51f37