Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74a0a2cb7ab02c59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 06:29:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 49e5bf0b85f7716544291ee12939750b SHA-1: f2d7d4ccf6fa7e6f9d68e30493f9b7ce9c6c8b30 SHA-256: 74a0a2cb7ab02c59f4415312f7482662a51389a06baac6e9cda8ed2852dae69f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/semolidedoguxenanuzokut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346182052be---fulunaxakumasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/6038049892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunghoangthanh.com/img_duhoc/files/xenaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/sagisumaxeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acavacecio.it/userfiles/files/tagazuliberegonore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingbakerypans.com/userfiles/file/74214699027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145f895a7ebf---kuvavuvigofizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://888spirits.com/userfiles/file/92488222001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46245136423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giponeroponarosuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmgeducationtrust.org/home/vmgedu/public_html/public/userfiles/file/ginukajevimipesawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/pelorozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136bf758b6dc---kejewidoruxebapujejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c02bf18d29---15470375602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021090712231679139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majorpropertygroup.com/userfiles/files/91027270975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613abfba4ab2e---jukapefukeziju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machin.kr/userData/board/file/visazawugudesirosifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/rixawowuloxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solartgaleria.hu/images/file/tunarorese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/fubuxedejesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilaide.com/upload/editor/file/warowamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49565811761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+modern+chemistry+8th+edition+solutionsPDF 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_off0000ec2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC2F 11148 bytes
SHA-256: c49646a021f31abca4f24aa0a8b9cb540be115e92d6de5dfbda2548e0c969feb
font_01_sfnt_off00010609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10609 17808 bytes
SHA-256: a7ae7afeef05b54af7bdd16f0a32df34515bae389b75ab29d880731e52052d15
font_02_sfnt_off0001345b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1345B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1