Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74a044d7473c76c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-08-12 22:33:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 6f7b85f532288e7911cbea3c94c07421 SHA-1: c66b8d5e4fb2d6260949be7afcb708598a048c96 SHA-256: 74a044d7473c76c5d2f7d21e7e978460b885172c65b85952071a379db1d98a3c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e0e76b17f0d43016ffcfe18e85eed94/37219644411.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608406ed462c6---kilowifogekitirotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p1b1gn9ut53h7mr95numlhfgf/dekapevogaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/xujujuzubototitiwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/49769795657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d49fde5e8e6ae31d1d54818f9e348f88/rolodadeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/51335301570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pratiklinik.com/img/userfiles/files/932608345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/ranujuxusabuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/81285854760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/52693970692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b1854c8263398efebf950fc3da5c980/25096838288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607808660e5ec---wafagezawanujidironupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/gaxivenawirot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bae3e4c708---82812977100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2751sue2b1nm5lsu6jojfj4sa4/nodazamapipaturesetomobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74d4658a9d73ad03485d03883ffc0e21/86709827414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608517ebee15d---fijeralo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2s7c8lt1l8aqe458otrhokr1vp/65920046506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tieclangman.com/Images_upload/files/812335147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/2778529399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhtoangalaxyhotel.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/2289918813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vijyaiprismcrm.com/userfiles/files/xeramamodimuzav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/pagijizefibifilijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=2016+kpss+matematik+sorular%C4%B1+ve+%C3%A7%C3%B6z%C3%BCmleri+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_off0000fff0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF0 19688 bytes
SHA-256: 506970c7fabadb00339d532842b323950c2870fac7b2c5746eafb0e8069af011
font_01_sfnt_off00013041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13041 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014858.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14858 11888 bytes
SHA-256: 4c4a65506bf3055a32493c1e53f4e534fa006d95b1ee03f011063e4b6900430a