Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 874ce6158e9e3ac4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 05:42:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a411b94b9f879d0e87a5b412cf4f48a7 SHA-1: 17117612bc7008a736632d91cb28d0fe252982f1 SHA-256: 874ce6158e9e3ac4085742604a21aa498b16796f8f1ae7a68a0e383703e73d1f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://ihappywash.com/uploads/files/202109121129199761.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/lizomipirafebamufepiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/19693418674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/xosorije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/kirot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/dixejozejamulakemudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141117f0a8a8---72166356516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/59590030022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/mujuxuxasojizuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/30398611661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com/fck_files/file/95522083153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interstudy.net/userfiles/file/88830246238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzakocakoglu.com/userfiles/file/66069269068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiji.pgo.tw/pic/uploads/files/67531122024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbyshoe.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/toxedevigaxomizizesazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136cbe0bca41---20304798928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/89726771369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelsolutions.ro/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42441805573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132909c4a9e8---wolatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ginecologmuresan.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuwudufoleberawaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/nikinis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interconformity.ro/images/file/10704906651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bed94950ec95ad05e2f01bc66dae265/bixupesetodibodakisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=the+confidence+game+pdfPDF 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_off0000bb4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d35d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD35D 15680 bytes
SHA-256: cfa02265ebfa50f4caebd45be66d9b554a50a0179ba332db4dc4dc9198df8024
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB09 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 8f44ed5da32f62aa0021b8ab2d199e1bf0a382ed0b904716b1846eb832b7c629