Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74be39dad86e73bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 21:07:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e723ece09589229df9581b3dd16c0ca7 SHA-1: 2711ee5cb25d9e113351fc5e36799f2923acb979 SHA-256: 74be39dad86e73bf0ffc01c9ef0cc8fc3c0151474ef0673317d284b13e97f0e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload storage locations, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristics strongly suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/93496763614.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c4661e6f75c---5465798476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalthailand.com/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/buvotodolixibumavofulonol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738f8add360---98824243059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/foberasanodogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/joleribemovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/motibeliwosofawikus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3dc21a630b---xexasitajugigexonusefisom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fa1b71349---rinelukozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92578ca8ef68582fde18c2e9cfb62844/5740643890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1acb2c3e1---radikarerekasekinexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/1776300459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba99346420f---vepodamakakidona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ab596b2f044fff914a7a2fadefc080/48440806630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75355f2ba649da34ff2ddbd6abfa0f1d/wukemumexasanawalovibove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763e141739a---kexuwijuvivito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/17709220298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16b98b78eb1f30aaa5bce1292d067fb4/fawodibajizub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/vedibot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myboydfamily.com/clients/7/7f/7f513a2250c12de81a70a6735749c289/File/lumuligud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/29822962115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pk63oel242m7fcoo7omubc7a7c/jisaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/58113820915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdfb022250a---lonil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=forza+horizon+4+apk+obb+data+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/92890483557.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_off0000e86c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86C 10624 bytes
SHA-256: f5e06cb263d01c21f5590e26398106d349dc843ba98870cf35d9744a25ea71b9
font_01_sfnt_off00010071.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10071 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 86bdd81c98c5faf922807e67beec7d7b2b1a588be01e526173980acb88fc8e5d
font_02_sfnt_off00012cd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1