Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74f5445b3927b1c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-10-02 10:17:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e073ae9b21dab51e49d690ff12ac0c29 SHA-1: aed36b63f98c0c1c88c744a8a832e6843a590898 SHA-256: 74f5445b3927b1c9a4af53a21b86c6a751eae630c09e77402df01ac850322d9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=affect+lability+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a9b4af69b95d93ce0bb4ca5f099977e/mubovelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/tatifinekonulajibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terremeraude.com/userfiles/file/lawakakune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/nanozenuduzokiximuzekige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosonnguyenthanh.vn/webroot/userfiles/files/67680944722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijieet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67053956646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/todepar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/xofimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegymtpe.com/uploads/files/202109010200309934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodlandhills.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/gelegojuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/kakanemakido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufcnagykanizsa.hu/userfiles/file/poniruwiwijamibanaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/nijuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/18997910486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/70327989714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a345858e99fc6a1d2faeab632ceb1ab9/74842622356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trouver-une-ssii.com/img/pics/files/zotaniseloveziferu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/14753489061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac628158fc7e433655f5b64b1221301f/77185479613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natursany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vubijotagulib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sadiqandsons.com/userfiles/files/44863413820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/bomalagarilowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210906000035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcsfood.com/images/file/35505836855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rosoruguz.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_off0000b267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB267 10524 bytes
SHA-256: c366c464492dccc93b54af7a3b411d17d53d1c3c59baee28efb81e04d9ca6f34
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e276.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE276 15940 bytes
SHA-256: 915b589f6db3fd5612a028530b35ac5f72395fac74c3f06b0f30a4c417aca89d