Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b74d37bfbe96784b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 23:08:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f35070ff1d4db811bb6f9981dbcec1fc SHA-1: 20e2b1e45ee2a791e5f5299f97a883272199b85e SHA-256: b74d37bfbe96784be36b005ac395bd186598f9b7f8ae869fa97fa91609bb38a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm directing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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 http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021060708172576.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c065abbc708---luxabujalasunuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dff8141f1ad45f019fc99d344775d0a1/funebebilezulimamijuzas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/208872fa30fcdefdbb3c5fada2011f23/54183032219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lurabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svatba-emi.com/uploads/pages/files/73534191807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd85f67331---40659752279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adjbg6dasjkmk4un6bgt4430s2/zolesukejupijemixixila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notarbrazda.cz/userfiles/file/vadexodipulilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/jevivedisonujavoxefix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctechlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xululenurixozutelumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908460abb86---75237926690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/9742774900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/076d0fa3981aac991349346f24f89a53/nomukifazaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/312579c5ee774692b6f8427621bf66a6/nuganol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ff1569c76---jenezenanejela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmcaana.com/clients/29274/File/nedijavejojedimobafezezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4328b3d3b096febe41ff2d1ed78a525/13922917283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lovsm5tv0c1ioird8k0ihfvanu/gibinakamagejikepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/sufuvemodimofudorose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d9d3515475dde2558e643bb80d572c9/67250023151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ae1941c97---jexesuzobufulib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f393d9ad3b---91261469254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+ectPDF 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_off00012748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12748 10044 bytes
SHA-256: e4a575d717dc49df2ccc60bb6bb5ed557b7e6ebb81a230ee048cfc78f48a5f5b
font_01_sfnt_off00013dd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DD1 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 0bb31d90cb2a4191efcb5829aca59ca6bc70215df94d416256a4661b118b2e27
font_02_sfnt_off00016b21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1