Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74753147c71056d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-20 09:10:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0a19703919d3db143498e1e1eec4a77c SHA-1: 7c1f7e3ebfa430390ef67b002b829c1f42b90da9 SHA-256: 74753147c71056d693af6b03ab64731444db3788dd1a6218f55b1826435d3880
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizosajez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eaupureinternational.com/userfiles/file/bewubalusawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsureunion.com/clients/71556/File/81914153243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e27a76d7f68---78879197609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/xapabagupabewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88e02280d25f83bf49dcf39b63a2c2a3/90371554467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tageedesign.com/ssmpt/documents/file/6744746656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d09137042b790642f96c829e59d8408/wejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkuazhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/42247177739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210512/file/5702949700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/remituxelewebajesomoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.erenang.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d52f3f2631---2444767713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c10dd3e2c---49004074380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vswet.ru/f/vevaditusowodesafuridexel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/51385390141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolonauticofavignana.it/userfiles/files/55704001385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118e66974ccb---jowuvalarewuzaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b9b621dc92c88379f81df1c8f53483c/93298527062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=interstella+5555+full+movie+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/787db3ad91ecfcf74621f36df36117d3/24576311460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a739a8db531a126e83b9ae1bffaf1739/vekalumiw.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_off0000eca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA3 10852 bytes
SHA-256: d6e67dd6fdb62c1cf663180c6bb54a224febe153a9646dc38915e5776694681a
font_01_sfnt_off000105cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011de1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DE1 16960 bytes
SHA-256: f7277598fcf08533d0f32c30ac2c21aedd692697fc152e2fb0adf6cc891fdd97