Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74a7a7bfe0af2eb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 12:08:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f2b9291dbc365b45e48b5fc080e54761 SHA-1: db76ea0b46c12e34c545779bcab5935d388ab112 SHA-256: 74a7a7bfe0af2eb2252b7c3f39630cb4b2c22154c1eac3d71b51064003765fc4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links point towards a lure to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3scvdk894svanimpv40ipit3uq/tetekun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bulongvungtau.com/media/ftp/file/34823048363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bae9e0eb854c756571cfc80aacb7daba/4342709267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/73793329216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd7cd92bc12---kubigivafudonerowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fde50652b7---wavubuxusufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90e77c4c4a---35734581067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/pegesamixezesododivafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/fezozuxisaxedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tgd51qjka4i6lhg7ug1dkebue/11838921957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ha080cmj7hl12aerpp2dbmcd80/57931674786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1f96e8022c04bc1a93cefcefaebbe86/83061196175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tangentemag.com/img/file/53610230814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608eb7a6d7aee---begarijitufatesalukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p99.tw/pro_pic/files/mejatipesosezaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e62f998afbe778225ed18de40f85ea7d/886975667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/14130917294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8345c7ef3a---molukarujupula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160da75e95cd06---gaxonurutiwipunejesumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073989c1ca2d---vamomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intestinalfortitude.org/clients/0/0c/0cf504f131cb0201443a7bd449519f4a/File/90009629078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+media+primarily+influences+the+making+of+public+policy+byPDF 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_off000152d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00016aef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16AEF 11476 bytes
SHA-256: fc3dae417b1a9ae20304150e919c1762485897b48170a994d3a0d688753a0d4f
font_02_sfnt_off0001857a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1857A 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 1db5df219fceecfd657ad101b3b5ffdf4afc78e0d95a54b4cfb80e84449ee453