Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 744e356d561181bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-08-21 13:37:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fa6fc0dfba63a8c15ad4c135ed062b16 SHA-1: 57c153e4f9a9ba584ca1e691aff9e6ba127c7ee8 SHA-256: 744e356d561181bf290b70011330fb78243dc2ef8dbaedf96a6b878a67704980
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and other disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea7d4d6100a17d54314c0821c29ce0df/64538422588.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/luninaseze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a5ca1b2cf2ad79065a04900084ae4a8/67045719367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bb1a687dc34c64e5705e2aab5a7c9f3/besoxavolezinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfaac3d447779b9a17f816603fe0c1dd/42926191563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a196ea63c48---77986384412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/zasemivusabamufiriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/nomoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/27238687418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086186ce67bc---97315321139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mijifofulitumewupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellenia3.eu/userfiles/files/19795856388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/78735492736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwecare.com/usr/userfiles/files/suxuvuzulemeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608251d674641---37349209860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90a79b9466---18475601962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/21239133275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.me/userfiles/files/10450791743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16215910704925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/fudebolodupofukug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosniyom.com/userfiles/files/rosonoxekemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+curl+your+hair+like+the+salonPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcd3f2f7dcefd31566fc2c7fe33779dd/89495142887.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_off0000dcdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCDB 16988 bytes
SHA-256: eefb1a0e486fdb63238efa8bb82333c76581ff5745847aec7b4dd3cbd8afc406
font_01_sfnt_off000108cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108CD 10712 bytes
SHA-256: cb9d332d8a244b0cf8a71d05743a200e8fdba9ceecf9016526aac2b376a1f850
font_02_sfnt_off00012166.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12166 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1