Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a75e74ed84a2d04e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-05-06 17:01:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: fcc82db38c4274c1df118fe425238148 SHA-1: a0ff0183834ad1ab7a8d684be73de6550b7ba346 SHA-256: a75e74ed84a2d04e5636fa3f0d49bc4257e8a606e930458e957c617b75ab74cc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, potentially exploiting vulnerabilities in the form-craft plugin.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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=mammoth+lakes+fall+colors+report+2019
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc0d878449---40773409937.pdf
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e20fe4fedb---bakawamafulekefazuka.pdf
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7fa0e6657---zokoxetadunufozinazenexa.pdf
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a776868298b67577acac8cd24044895/78340294710.pdf
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvs0vavb9efskout7m9odumtu2/darevekonoxelekagat.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8994a5a084ff565a2f1bf4cb1d3226f6/javuzebekolivexer.pdf
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5006efdb---nitesanunadisikamukapalu.pdf
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3bb211fefed15d7677983ba48ec45c5/30911348929.pdf
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795890dfb4d---1103843650.pdf
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be13401dad53abff3ba7d346223aa693/96189953430.pdf
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160936d2033a5f---moxuda.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607894c5ab8e4---12809939902.pdf
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/19898973383.pdf
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4a8323d99c3acfd989658d4c71e0dfc/80944262524.pdf
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/49935211165.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081954559789---vurazixotofup.pdf
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f95243d6b---mubawasopegofugur.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001051e.bin
92e2740706e1f0096a2be5efe556f1e400360f52de9ccd5124863b0831c206c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1051E 5808 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118b9.bin
51ebeec29509b87aa858d500e37ac8853184703d07d1f913ce36d8e1dc7764c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B9 1800 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012147.bin
71cdbfe6948c128c35b7ed4b8d12b001dc9650a8636951cc0c8c9ed5a0ba8fa1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12147 10816 bytes