Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 774c3afb0eea21d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-08-09 12:46:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f0f5f2e31f110ea248ad52c8b6384a3e SHA-1: 43a474c43db783c538f6d151e9e87ec594be182b SHA-256: 774c3afb0eea21d1136f92dede467a1c5950711c55665a7e58f1c6d73625a6d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to numerous PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to click on these links, which likely lead to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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 http://studiodrago.eu/userfiles/files/81511005646.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/80982198468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93fef69b8d1e237c45d865d14f34c628/12901154975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/23049971731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/mofelamopodomaxeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103add888fc8---27548456626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/83776040266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c37aa39d03f---katukibabuferofasutal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhtreo.com/images/ckeditor/files/bazowejajano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea78cd2e5d92fc7c151d944a53b74d6f/sofogodosijaxukikamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.comupload/file/jinujedorida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acj0at43apjmmar4l08mcehiqa/mujusemut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be487617acb---23109603563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609695a3cc36c---40691307755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2635316fb2a6ce33bdd5ef18d4da72fa/modivenapixidenap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37036628167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/favakizavawejupifavil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18dm0quk5qn4oav45p6ca4srl2/28928133105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1628081885_cc6fa3e254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c60cf32b50219d105c860836f60490a5/doxeteliniximejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+i+check+my+bbs+4th+year+resultPDF 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_off0000efbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFBD 16796 bytes
SHA-256: 470ab6ca761b3a675baa2b94dc7be29ef9a8226a29993f5e072f232301ddb64a
font_01_sfnt_off00011bc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133DF 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 536c6ed8cbfaa4fa76431833e1e0daa9491a6a584954d006ed4525c7d0113367