Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74cb02c2082757a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-09 08:41:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 136f8908730aed38afe4e05d3edcd613 SHA-1: 022e8c45204972b3fcbeaeee28b9dcae96721ecd SHA-256: 74cb02c2082757a7b3b62f12b9aa130603e62008f7c36d1376d31b582f8b635b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or directing users to malicious content. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users through compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://santechnikosdarbai.lt/images/files/62410504426.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://somogyplusz.hu/files/41483628837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7df9ecf1a---zakosunupazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/34164411217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiuman-hk.com/images/file/25866023738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de1021850be---pokofis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/jopefuwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607894157df40---84657052309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/muvodinoxukojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39546778235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942c977ed68---11206048712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2mueuhubgdpb99qsldv2uc3v4/tavopagadajola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6985p7t22mffd11ek0r03kr53i/tigonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaxtongroup.com/home5/maxconne/public_html/kaxtongroup/assets/images/newspostimages/files/fopul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3hngi5atuu7ha4qrh1vdnccp0m/wekavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpworld.hu/data/pic/Image/file/pipoloravejowafovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc52924513c---vazasosijugilokemorazaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ad5eb51bd---56521749442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0873f29f9c553a3762f71a155384807e/40097678732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/taqj2crdpn76td8lhe5uretnt7/6345205404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c01f9d4ef9d---50462274050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ab9fcaecdf749127153c38834aa0644/jebavoremegiroletovixed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missinternationalbeauty.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/57764940621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=malena+full+movie+download+300mbPDF link annotation
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e23d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE23D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA54 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 12b8ba501828dc9ce724c4ebbd9f4fe045332c6de68dc1b796388adcfbcf71ad
font_02_sfnt_off0001134b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1134B 16116 bytes
SHA-256: 74ea40c6abafff908ba0a862ebf25ee1d47d31f530ca964bdc695191fb21b084
font_03_sfnt_off0001289f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1289F 18092 bytes
SHA-256: 3a3a1ada518252740274cca7639ba4dd126589eac2d26d846caa18a6dfb4ce75