Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74f5cba021cb57d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:07:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 63852bb4f7110961020d0a959e7d557b SHA-1: a46a07577f8040bb146ce4b6acd45afb5fe1b410 SHA-256: 74f5cba021cb57d9986aaf9955c9e59be5d9d57ccdc4809490030b5e488649e5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document that contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+mediaplayer+url PDF link annotation
    • http://dyneco.kr/userData/board/file/bifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caissedesecolesdu5eme.fr/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22391792656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podimercrm.com/img/files/gizisamexawovumuxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407bc058b8b---28721398028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/ci/userfiles/files/18733629797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kapefashion.com/files/files/rokakakipexukojerapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e03dda28ab8efd4e1d563b7e11bf2a93/63592592208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://md-servicios.com/userfiles/file/84579368971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86087858973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42ed8603186e041c10a1bdec065d93d1/79857296984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izr.fr/files/69114516654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13364914932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://romalasergroup.com/userfiles/files/nunegoputebonedofuwide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a0f22ffb4d7d565332805a3550dcb45/15760948371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoluzisalojaroneja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/vorubikatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://087334211.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91623140475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovepetclinics.com/file_media/file_image/file/defewubuxegosivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petribax.nl/userfiles/file/wapipegifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apex-architect.ru/images/file/25392743206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613800a86abfe---97229626784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://articolo17.it/siti/usr/foto/files/99602568736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1706879ccb55bb8802cbd9c993bc2cd7/22277028949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92921465269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a6649e7bf5---87512188257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/kaduzefijupib.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_off0000c1f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1F2 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 1e04689f377d0ba02b47f19a199e01ff72cf38bca6d4042e10fa162605fbdca1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A7 18552 bytes
SHA-256: be6b89a242e45f86f170d6f31d760180c2fee0163d5a15fda2a56693ac931482
font_02_sfnt_off00010ada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1