Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74de12bb2ce62fa5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-08-28 18:59:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 93cd0423e9a70b47043a67c9f35a0fa4 SHA-1: bbab8a2f7dba3a03482bad36258f53c522861a62 SHA-256: 74de12bb2ce62fa54bc740cab49343f5511091dc5a6cb78c3167c3e4aae27cbb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to various external URLs, many hosted on potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of JavaScript and external links points towards an attack pattern involving client-side execution and redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sibaxeko.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa62932831c959febd986f7fd9aeb221/9126108142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzeiger.com/userfiles/file/mefopagetaguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/taxijekej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/dekik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bb995faa92b5ff803179cfdaec37386/73814708027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e34b1175a25---81840644091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valdisieveshopping.it/file/78429892884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normandyclassof79stl.com/clients/e/e1/e16d7b8530e96d8d426d6b963c92b0b5/File/pagadijawunozorakepobid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c280380ffb---39150837052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/runubaworemokozidazukode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44a3cc7fd2---pusenedivelixad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimatyzacjaradom.pl/userfiles/file/xovesurilawugiterela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6378aec7e0d38c0af1a4b0d600c24def/95077601581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12404679650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeb77a9930cb652db25ecfa95e0c62cf/jedejojosap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzirerealtors.com/uploads/sapebunosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f5d3bf77c---66724625829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72d2a79991d6b889b729642e7418d336/mimutavewewatojipuwuxobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkk0qs01jcn9v4kpg5ju975thj/nuwiwame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d00ccd309de---jejemagirodowanipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ggsl9a3bucludc2nr4pkt63o3/gigijuvesekanena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/59852236684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retroldn.com/userfiles/file/48331490539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+with+transparent+background+photoshopPDF 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_off0000d787.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD787 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 36b44657eb93c11539afd8b81f38b23544ffa22d013dde1927798cc0969a4898
font_01_sfnt_off000104f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D09 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 6d5569d9106d0d741e5d2da290109574f6fb2d2cad56f3818cb3ec99047d6697