Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b74143319cf0d72b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-21 04:07:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6bcbcee55f26d53055de52cd4e79f337 SHA-1: e23844612770dee2caacbaf0a936458661711249 SHA-256: b74143319cf0d72ba2676de5a49e97ef1fc2b4f121d426f7b0c16585831ec323
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, and the presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests a phishing or scam lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wonder+woman+full+movie+download PDF link annotation
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/ruvukisolejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.com/userfiles/files/kojabukefesojotuzuxenorib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/40697921527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saigonservices.vn/images/uploads/files/nudazomepolenimidakoguje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/mafazedexori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noglehoma.com/ckeditor/files/files/16430611456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tmaupqtv053iorerjq7boslcg/zitejutewesatig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614481245c917---nijazakide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oe.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remosaseku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/boserefepaxibewiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161487caa759c1---dibosogeteti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikol-styl.cz/userfiles/file/sidagukepifunopadixunorun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-macedo.lu/userfiles/files/wesudobonegolapofagoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f4b4091a059b3411b8abf4168f737f9/fufonoxafojizodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25933293413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e715ad5fac---45709956064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralastatetailorsassociation.com/userfiles/file/mukanalobogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geopraxis.it/userfiles/files/44344770791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/67858461520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/novepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rpsbchamber.org/editorData/file/69905251123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906015021864075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oazapiekna.com/zdjecia/fck/file/jiwivezesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hypotekaprezamestnancov.sk/res/file/devikagafuzarativofomef.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_off0000dc01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC01 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 24db8613f27318399bb6adf0ec91acd1f72f64a3f87f6ea5c994c9daa4fac1b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010bea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BEA 18072 bytes
SHA-256: 28537de404ea209a0b6d7b393d1fa2d45d1bdc21799a5ab52124d145495ade5f