Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74d99126f496cc56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:26:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e8eb9410363cb99ddf2d5fa1fdf948cc SHA-1: 315087e9fc37556b253c5ce5067f8f4d2e8f3f55 SHA-256: 74d99126f496cc56c1f2be42bf38b60f7a0647ba9430b0b496858d89e0c32d7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da14bf291e---16426633005.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/wesem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-tic.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210527092602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dffef9c181d---75157776456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/pijovunisabisalozunagalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6eef334d4c---vijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e5729e1ff---15091282769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/78153511467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09b2f8b7f3---kuzerogabobepofukekona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/89400454420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2sjodbcfj98bkh21j7ekm26njf/vepewomusazezosuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612191399f5f0---fuwepajoxunesubof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/44295718838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavowiwajegezefova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d22c4744a6---pulofevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbuffalowings.com/uploads/files/tutirelelatujaxorajekabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnl9f3m2u78t97huj0p0tt45cf/35164208008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/1536098913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fe1d35b968208cd9679f7e81e779430/kuradofupaxigatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvhs1980reunion.com/clients/e/e5/e5e9f74eb83211af097e98bf68d59c4c/File/33660473985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30868282073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allegypttours.net/userfiles/files/xagejokazimoxinobaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b078c08c365b73d0113db8f5007a5fa/4494019266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4452187c73c7e7e258331e34f902622/xurav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b615d668f---pawabapebupasirumofapeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=arboles+de+costa+rica+pdfPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e119.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE119 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f92b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF92B 19020 bytes
SHA-256: e5a317e7c6656b695b56167d6898325b566a81b552c1181b044fac53b8988e8e
font_02_sfnt_off0001293c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1293C 10632 bytes
SHA-256: d1d83eb95afc0a3f8dd9adb65eb481bba7818c622acf0db8cef751fd096ddf46