Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74c7943e355e0c40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 11:14:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0121051c3d9608a3437d6bb135880a93 SHA-1: 5090012f747dda4746646f4370ee4497d8e68d39 SHA-256: 74c7943e355e0c406a77d681db5050aea97faa61801ecd429a8fcdecf6ceef73
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fast+and+furious+tokyo+drift+full+movie+download+480p PDF link annotation
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b45168175---vekovasufoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7538e7b855---86556427450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00b3b3cdd07fb25ccc3e3ecf3dafed3c/22232343714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angeladaniel.eu/uploads/files/seritibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/17992660146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a532cdad3f3---gitagokulepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1d5228d62---62011972772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cdff492f26---musizozafavirufodesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptkas.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/mejile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c53cd1211---feparisegowusodirodader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhhs78.org/clients/63854/File/11776682273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/nonizarobujoxojelosegik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879e074c718---74111575642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6f541830a88e507e5d4e43eb42f2ae5/91667209655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1e0b40bb1---75609114490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c77475578f---62867174525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/85096279544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/97838728350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44f380f0a12b8aa966cd41cbd9593c66/bekadovutozufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae486ba0898---jevozosoxujuvoxapeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkecbf537u7b26u7ko2j35frcu/xunaparivosojinijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educationexplosion.com/clients/a/aa/aae59ec6301d25964842a0067e0ae100/File/fegama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b4672035b---kabipunuxopemipuwedanixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a6ffea982---38176345554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/942c85de0cabc3d3e32ac080771c6604/56042965795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fd55ead3e0930e1fed3df3baeceefb3/tuvujegubodexanidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polloricowings.com/uploads/files/21351628817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829dae1894d---vajixokejizuxoxumolelorij.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_off000100f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100F5 19040 bytes
SHA-256: fa11528c5c742f1329ae00baacfd8272083c0c3ff490f5da42e4db6a9e50971e
font_01_sfnt_off00013118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13118 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001492f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1492F 11504 bytes
SHA-256: ba8396a2feec0e4a3632abd99eca3e244df08cd3c6713ebbbfeca5f97ff916bb