Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74cf7e05f30c8872…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:06:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 51cd64719bbcef59da762beedf1714cf SHA-1: 4baba54896ea5c937661cd1b75eaa0b7660f607e SHA-256: 74cf7e05f30c88726ea6d013b9b7d169129c8efc3ab093f6e83c89cc68b566ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics further supports the attack pattern of directing users to external, potentially harmful, 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ang+probinsyano+july+1+2021+full+episode
    • http://khonggianxua.samdigroup.vn/app/webroot/upload/files/62435697610.pdf
    • https://repairbase.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/images/file/jufoturipu.pdf
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/biwegusu.pdf
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/veziviwetixo.pdf
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/jerepevedasuripimo.pdf
    • https://videoeffect.ir/data/file/98955653215.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142b43047bd1---xaneminitipiwutiz.pdf
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44985055185.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614781151f274---xajiga.pdf
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/pezabusoges.pdf
    • http://monterroso-construpuntos.com/campannas/file/lanemodutifarimosos.pdf
    • http://hardiebase.com/uploads/assets/filefile/jobotake.pdf
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/livurefawenujuvom.pdf
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391a9b889b3---43402920204.pdf
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcb7155e88afc3eb90a08ce9d6861869/sojafegufadoxuvejamola.pdf
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/49320642276.pdf
    • http://obkladacstvikolar.com/content/gobarebuwazokazo.pdf
    • http://happysmilecard.com/uploads/files/tejemelefonufurofavujege.pdf
    • http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxidizudeju.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2008b9bc3c3527ddbaa604219b92db18/tizuzibaxipepemariluj.pdf
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/lopatisulok.pdf
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagujolenemu.pdf
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bokemulek.pdf
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/60321810187.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d9e4.bin
03cb7cba88f76a25f5585c19bf7b691bd9dfd391f2b89862290f9fa195382978
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9E4 17712 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010751.bin
17c17e7d6f2e85e5e59b11a56eba69a6975dbf45fa2abc1bc81ff30b4c85f37a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10751 11336 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121b8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B8 16792 bytes