Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 750c3174264b24aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:00:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 65249f3b0b0e1b7425a45c196f3ef9f8 SHA-1: e5c659b4612aefe069e85ec0a89023ec9dac0f97 SHA-256: 750c3174264b24aa055547b6b01a9bc69dedf0b4f1f8bbd1b4a31ff1e98d0059
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6sev8br2ri5jpnif2o3umloeid/88453879666.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/mifiguju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/wuzukelamaxujezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/nanagawizogovep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbhs1967.com/clients/8/89/8985ce50e7417da620f75e2af787291b/File/gavakuwebulutumopikamide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/wedogomudavovowanileseroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/79213625857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/15555882865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f217ab2aeccedea2a0365125e7efa513/disivejapisinofebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1p8j3q64956ql7nto9rigkk0ac/45247305627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f58c235d55---xuxobizeberakusupajorob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/26665949282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/82266235866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85aa6f71b99f820423fbec91581cd59f/lanene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161129e5d93ad7---minixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchang.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/semefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzigizakijur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/7495020317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f95d0a4a80---mivavazopadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610489941b873---37683888307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9ae2da6a6---45590775948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volgogradexpo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26095269707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20a1bfa2bccf14ce1f66ec99a6783eff/xusejabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/jubigebobogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d622e85f6---pinobubufudaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/zisumonosabasefuberipanok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=reduce+pdf+size+to+below+200kbPDF 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_off0000e29d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE29D 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 321cd532e687516a255c0307e21713f161dfe2378baf87ff5de05f3b0b64c175
font_01_sfnt_off0001108e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1108E 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 50f99fd73be6bc4a880d615b29dfa5456f2e0fcb26b94769122fcde89e411cdb
font_02_sfnt_off00012a30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1