Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 746cf7182cb2cbb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 05:43:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3e4bcfe7f6ec7b4833895acc8d9360de SHA-1: b753d21e5cd7d2219d926a541ad20c4c4679bfd6 SHA-256: 746cf7182cb2cbb267bf86f3359d7e6bf6f0049fd2471c7f14a58f329d6dab70
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, indicating it is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest the document is part of a link farm or SEO manipulation scheme, likely serving as a lure for further compromise. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • 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
  • 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://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/9186102772.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e4a35e48fb9e19fe7f63575c8f5685c/napuxarowiroti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ta-taiwan.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/71650417257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eaf08634c28c77cc8b34bc80b171466/nosuxulejojugibeboni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f9c01f778daa4ca8ef10f60f9ef7651/83656183583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608030a53e720---32170380549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/kefefexawiwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f1ca880f3---zudaxefikutafumenepaxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ej7d9s6trj8bpb065khhpem3g7/davudesexafodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b84ec7d6d400895fbed01b4c2cc7c618/7211156161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90861084728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://live-net.it/file/mafedisira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/69590109532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/xepow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ece05d7b40---lifasozawubisosonapofetif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/56277502198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-15/20210515233414429420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab60966cfe---23902323167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae0e2649e8---63808571628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa23626f52e---jojogusutowupugusiside.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/95989300778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42vodrir2rkcj8sb3rrcb6r1j4/jefubofojuwegexavafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=mastering+chemistry+chapter+16+answersPDF 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_off0000c44d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC44D 16892 bytes
SHA-256: a3987459fe0df2e1a6e8c0efc93ea630ee9c30db2b2876d972ee4ce59616a712
font_01_sfnt_off0000f03d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010854.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10854 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 78baf5bed0c17ad748aaea5d7b1f5e1e3013abfa7ab262032a808cbb1983a73b