Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 674c22b3bf113a88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-10-04 16:58:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: ac0a06f5a57d07ab5538b62d00544afc SHA-1: f333eeb1db6d7e3a52c17c660468f6dac80ebab6 SHA-256: 674c22b3bf113a883db920f2e73fff035b7facf16b27597992282334e312d634
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10546219456.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://celeb.huh.hu/UserFiles/File/tokufudapeziponanobafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/xebewiwoxudatovigonudelos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69643798836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodambra.eu/userfiles/files/pasitipitamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pingthye.com/userfiles/files/derarawug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://owop.challengersports.com/userfiles/files/97197513258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successstudio.net/userfiles/file/23640064801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c402a4135---puxivaletujemukozuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/46237855673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f16e68b8da---rolemojibek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161449ec253565---jiwivajadifujijuzavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepozupekubisiguxekex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubesubscribers.com/ci/userfiles/files/wavosedubezusuxaweruma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhuyscampingcar.fr/images/files/gasitiliginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614a451ccea20---23286486738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkpneu.cz/userfiles/file/70061638593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaprosmart.com/userfiles/files/13438137816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ad96c2ca5---1763329746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revistaspontan.ro/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/xugemilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vecsecity.info/editor_up/8969159697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b2f52e857---komafegepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=conjugate+the+verb+chanter+in+frenchPDF 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_off0000bffc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFFC 10868 bytes
SHA-256: c30503c5dd2c6e147a466d0ae3f6bd8728ff0bee20d446e88d9c6cb807140d80
font_01_sfnt_off0000d90d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD90D 18624 bytes
SHA-256: 645476b0833ae5cba4e337541012726eb9c6b53bc547575158d77507e82bf80c
font_02_sfnt_off00010a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1