Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74e11278b5f816b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 16:23:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 06459c6b61d7beecb35ec119242197ba SHA-1: f25a2c104e579ba7f893d6fd546429ea6fd407a5 SHA-256: 74e11278b5f816b664728e5d69d543470e1c0ac117dccba5010e8310143438cf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to lead users to phishing pages or download further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests a malicious redirection scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bach+the+well+tempered+clavier+book+1+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f8888f5e4---78882666529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cayxaotamphan.net/userfiles/image/file/37814492837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/lilowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6obclvlgvq5cdk52ij8fpdls1/8370788412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607573caacb14---kubotedomitekumesezozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqenosqorcms18ihkfqgpq5430/zosuwobexuvokofusesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3tlnh2aeerugqilismp9catqg0/25952127684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/376372e786a1ebbfd7852055a4a735b4/79737431653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/wunuzilotuvilokubebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/dujeruzijafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099eb75dcd7e---54928618961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d847881cfa---tiwokikekegexiwuvolir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b113429e6---xukunefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e905354d0---tuzikudepofavanozazapexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56612ad70a---nipuzefolosakuwovuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/58795932694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c750c68f9f---45986856792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8843bf65189c081f8ce28556eb1b6f24/fajeniwutexobegex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e23e2b9cac---65451039385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49053922648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc10qmimcqs0f61jvp7ulsnnvf/folidamariguwozabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6786476296e0e1d03f130d8c2368494/79334488255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o260qpctu7j1orpct6a6b28bk5/zevugumonorudexelikamag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9a167436b---ruxevebugovorobovidam.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_off000102b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B3 11100 bytes
SHA-256: b7232de8ecb884f64159f0a854e2562c7161d427d5794901128e934ef0caeb9d
font_01_sfnt_off00011c73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C73 20072 bytes
SHA-256: 8b5dfa457008e4eff1618e1bcb25d6a78e620f44042f3c86e170bdd95ef2a7a8
font_02_sfnt_off00014d7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1