Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74416716adbe157a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-01 19:04:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cee14a65c46163fdffe980b0bb203f43 SHA-1: 11e5a733ce155ef186484997e1fafe26acb3a6ce SHA-256: 74416716adbe157a708a44c3e22c763122360d03c0e6dcf18436d3bb4d96ebb9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL distribution are indicative of a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/kupabazodakaduzubare.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vishalahospitality.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soruxezodadererom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dae5a8258---mokepojekulukijag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ymvii.com/admin/upload/files/misuxaseloribowibexiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c833a137d---laribarorevakozaburulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/safenane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa5920ffae---6709695281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acde270d2a---79316409984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/72246309205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b096237937---nujirofaledogisopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/vubejuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gs1k5klsrlgefgtcjtn0e8880/minubataxesijoraxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/pewuliwerisugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608164e12c8bc---80475483758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b8d9afe3c---likonuvijimidokozam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atesolve.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zubikaxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f890892dd---jelitexelaguzujiribikokar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a926c98f5fe---10360859884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efe5cbb63c---41275797004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///kigonugitonavukutesejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liga-stf.ru/i/upload/files/37945131101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=super+mario+odyssey+travelers+guide+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_off0000e21f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE21F 17016 bytes
SHA-256: 701caac275d0decb7619af9b293bba6c193bf54e7343ba1c0c4853ef1aded969
font_01_sfnt_off00010ee4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE4 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 7a1489826abb95317a8c0f0eabf6b667825a6cf3ee1c3c5fb3bae3d44c2f1dea
font_02_sfnt_off0001289a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1289A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1