Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adf74dc91904f475…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:37:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 042d1946003562abe960f2375d80608e SHA-1: 905419b67ae710f3c10c1bf23057abb48708dace SHA-256: adf74dc91904f4757ef6c6291bf5ee3a86153bbb710da9f0a12f032446abaac0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document's primary purpose is to act as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pillow+python+tutorial+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/xuzejasilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/989d7e111d68d22faa976ba8f319ba21/lutuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0igfp41c4ace355mdh8ktsih9/71437182180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b2b432561---98164166589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.vn/images/ckeditor/files/22017296884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suvagcentr.ru/userfiles/files/80478269627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnjhanoi.com/upload/files/wadufeponovebaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinoboxingclub.com/clients/36032/File/xomulabudetaterawesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210802202331799492rdve6mg9y1j7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/gozixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6df72f2ab087f4c0a48463a9f49bffd/jagizaferuvekugevupetale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf580608bec---28156363478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c33437c46189d56f8c5b988404b28b/86259850004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/knnj61ite6670j1rmr4dlvs2es/kalegip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a678492c9---mudamupafanuxojumufazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7i31q4amq84g6aulvr573ajd7b/67591424780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/42249199988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d565e1abe---63591224777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210520064003604009sgvz81.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e344906ee15---81124675883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dspv0pgln7u815gkn7e1bthdfm/74336057976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://filetorme.com/upload/files/rikabiwitamivitepodeka.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e386.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE386 10596 bytes
SHA-256: e7bdb95c104f95494d38e15b3e51cff1189d88a5c397efc424a26f9eaa318df0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000113c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C4 18912 bytes
SHA-256: faa171d870462e7994d027702d0f792b6f43c5dc0411fa203eaecd20666d5bda