Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74b2e8fbb2e9f19a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-15 17:25:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e2edfb4e29fbb59d2f2f1a2012cdda8f SHA-1: 3971796a3e3ed2ec282e9a5ab6a81dd7df78379d SHA-256: 74b2e8fbb2e9f19a16d7811dca02f56bd302d37c26bc4b11db8fc5f5a6d00c64
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious external resources.

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+standard+tuning PDF link annotation
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f93426ba418d92e37f52be29d1f0071b/jesanifoxitirawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/bawudanesokokimawudej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/11349882069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murtenhof.ch/userfiles/files/sodadupuwakapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c436524ee---39847248417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609139578ee28---48756852152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fc2181cce---78512851967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/gogonixuzupisizugutewilus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/99913088328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borisovhlebprom.by/var/upload/file/zarinegedaxuwotogakazuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5035c6e59da7798f741e3de168a53072/52992303437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac9a5bc38a---164100671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/vilijetowuravuvomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d529c7685---99598299597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/6667338347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/imvklomtjhn6h9e08d2daemnp1/gepukiziped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978501d365c5f554cbcc29bbef29dca5/golisuletemukesifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadinerogger.ch/userfiles/files/dawizizegilen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k6qe1glj22qu6adusb73se9bhi/wobotamapejuguxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcresthigh1971.com/clients/9/9f/9fbf9047a6869172a982db6f42f05a9a/File/faguledove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/vijefakojoxetojenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/24555406942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094272e350dd---2206114457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pllk5j5gh0vklcuk1hr5pri22o/46086801844.pdfIn 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://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_off0000e1ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1EF 16260 bytes
SHA-256: 28936acf1aaa7f30cf8cdeef80b00f8b45e58975d53463e005cf60ba67b810c6
font_01_sfnt_off00010c0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012422.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12422 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 172c3a1df31fc72d6df08b78c9807e15c3d9ccad7ca649c0216dc7e2d43f8dc2