Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74aeba906c979363…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-06-10 07:12:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 20401360bb8815a17c8b300b9724d490 SHA-1: 97dd8cfc8ef0eafdc63b3f0e4c04f18db3ae75e1 SHA-256: 74aeba906c979363b497a0ffad53e51dc4897a04797f868ce50b1a30e5a99d7e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating numerous links on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=communication+skills+and+personality+development+question+answer PDF link annotation
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160951691e5d22---59841488019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b914a34f452---97755043280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/917272b616faa1f2033b80d8525fb6bb/4217828117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c95e99e7d3---dumapalopokusozelejaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d225dced3c---dataleveguxizosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/lokagofajazilusejizazunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed0ed34b753c13b34193191f0d1b6c00/33329160921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/92672344398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6c90e182b220454903b899761f8340e/2693850523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rp92oqm9q55too9ac90as92bf6/10006918397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22080998612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/85521675474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bdrujrokjh2n9rkhqii7niu2b/10662807667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/kerela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8DC 5568 bytes
SHA-256: 1ee712397d574401b1ad7630082100caca2c06b3100d0ddadc9a26d224ef5d09
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC8 10524 bytes
SHA-256: f594a3ed40f105c219d477048eb7d8cabaf2a4f5f70284f60785ed982cfb0f2d