Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74542ba97bc9fcef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-05 16:25:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6635ccf827eaea98cd796e28741b4e23 SHA-1: 9e2c0cb629953e5ca18e6858e2f0d13850edc5b4 SHA-256: 74542ba97bc9fcef608f0b367f24ac599fe8a0c4f27ea0a05cc961819b41f5df
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 pointing to disposable domains or potentially compromised CMS upload directories, indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. The file's structure and URL distribution suggest it is intended to lure users to external sites, likely for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/18319844239.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hephatha100.com/clients/4/45/452f9a9cd3514f90eb92b3b4734a1f1d/File/xigalixasiwowizezeniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/80547268882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a936d33b3e---85342702297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/kaduxojisorupitatulipukid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608651bac50de---fajawemeweserusepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721523b9dd7---76514525729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d357942116---gowuvoseninikowuwujofaraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a68973b0f1---lesuwiwubesesubofaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malabarmail.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65339376418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ojfoser98o1hpaavutbehmjode/leguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de5d180f658---69814565620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/90687361500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpftrvnpaenal3t0490v2h9ckf/37817672179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflacops.com/clients/83266/File/32888251419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakatka.com/files/file/darubafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/19641037479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suttonoakfarms.com/clients/880813/File/xevosuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ct-tci.com/cttax/userfiles/files/6577405553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpidia.com/contents//files/wumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5p3c7ab15nmlgh02cd03con40/xefibomemixiborinedine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/580827076a156c3cefbb967c481ef493/50806135426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nu/upload/wataze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/95d497e5baecd5ce219c3f7202be6842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/97006144757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=bible+pronunciation+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_off0000ea8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA8E 17640 bytes
SHA-256: a3aafb1ccc0b585105d1739d9684bff09243ca21e1e93d4f1ae165a17b1290e9
font_01_sfnt_off000118bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130D6 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 6c3e59d1f60e213dc153cda05f52db076ed8344bbcfd5b6b9f29923d533788b1