Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74a9429d231da085…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 16:07:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a81559043c4b2188b3c43acac4377f54 SHA-1: fc66057e5ac32f046b0c11676101b7c39b2f1764 SHA-256: 74a9429d231da085a810008a8a3ff863c25a99231080b8de1fe989b400e0450a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and identified as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL targets suggest a malicious document designed to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e671aaa07c---bezumowalabuwapubewebu.pdf
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/576e126515796a7ac8e1711aa48f44d5/berazozodokoxesavo.pdf
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021060312503116.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32542a3432---vizodi.pdf
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c897ad46425---xovopititavexitiriro.pdf
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfd0jvmcl3e3b4h7r17me7u7m7/64444272663.pdf
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bce1d0344a---ruponegakowodowogivekegop.pdf
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/92427412551.pdf
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/645eb9e0dbea6dab8a8efd13442a1a95/sabeledexokuwepamop.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa056a01f3a8f50739de31517698f72d/kodarezoga.pdf
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d85c30881---33760304610.pdf
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bc221565ac68de7e0d91434f968ea40/32189813847.pdf
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a559e71d7---73644735565.pdf
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af3d882d186---59735783305.pdf
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094831f23730---44187628954.pdf
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766af43d01d---sibosakonixopanuza.pdf
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25fe9ae525---ratewofekaf.pdf
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/716427231.pdf
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8uve0mkd3ahcq14h3gaf61oaok/zajexeserurizazulirupebe.pdf
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/putazege.pdf
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c708e441d87---desubidisuzekereludit.pdf
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9gh3n5pcue88aibnh1b14bvq1/69312309863.pdf
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ed351bc25---takuvikuzubivaxisamu.pdf
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2s7c8lt1l8aqe458otrhokr1vp/65920046506.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=american+airlines+center+seating+chart+with+rows
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e686.bin
da64361854601b2d0c4fd25be9c95d771d1433e519e58e35847cc5bc5b406f4a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE686 17172 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011274.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11274 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a8b.bin
597abff94f0846522c1cda66d85a4432b741a1fdd8cca2b17903c05f6072f5dd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A8B 10744 bytes