Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 874ae32cff3d3696…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:27:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d0034fdef4244f0852bf3f7878fbd818 SHA-1: ce3c2bffa06e57f1ad5f0dcef5021a25d3eb9ca6 SHA-256: 874ae32cff3d36968a57535cf2c645ccd9a95d7cefaf3842e99d661e15fc9a69
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=surah+kahf+tafseer+pdf+urdu PDF link annotation
    • http://tnslib.tools/userfiles/files/40530375661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/34514586459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/udalexab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ccce232730b8a895b084173c24ddc26/sorejoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e43bdb36b---71457852955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bfc49366bfd8ea02a5d8ede079f75eb/49349525939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9af1ebc8c4---rudonomidowivorefepagule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3cc8c1801d5df0b5c6355cae576f454/46547020151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/74860105334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d24c6f72bee---mesopodikinozenaxirogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarska-vyroba.cz/UserFiles/File/83685759075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuxixowezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/faterozixubevadapomawina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160debb00ddcab---pamebudavopam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nodka.eu/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78860231475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d00c32e387a6b1ce9928b2200a51a1b2/72205457198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/rasutefawefapezexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexi-cms.com/uploads/file/datogakufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannoorpally.com/uploads/file/71032085439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/2205680620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/19843919007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63eaa79141e0e69ca4284c9d00a7c409/zepapafapisobolelalag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mntcrb9ek16fhg07053rfsj3u7/94564715154.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e593.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE593 21652 bytes
SHA-256: 0fa3a4f3021bb83ebeb960cdda89ca13f2ebba4cf8d075e1b3cdc24c6e96fb87
font_01_sfnt_off00011d7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D7B 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 9ebce9c89ee5db785b574188380c5e3d264767197ea6048c9af1898d44ecc9cd
font_02_sfnt_off00013909.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13909 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015120.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15120 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 2c08ef787ef3b47658f297012e34241288823b27b6f24515ba69cbe8a027edc2