Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d075508c04b05b43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:10:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 26fb73f3b2323b3fef2a1d51a0ab3d61 SHA-1: a8ae06ae4bab5663e0cd0a47016cf79d466350fb SHA-256: d075508c04b05b4394230de38bb6bbc7b118d3039e0be56a6567b8d11b70f4e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=toasted+bread+crumbs PDF link annotation
    • http://centrlita.ru/archive/image/file/47739240852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tsui4mrnc934ij91ju5hq3lggn/38316164423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/22767547669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1855oo8j7tjs7b2cen91e5ioo/20954767225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumputhijau.com/contents//files/2195248128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27205485056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/44198294479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-aqua.fr/ressource/site-image/files/lazanezugejajadagora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88c196df27a3df87b1629eb7727ead5a/45216749571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/pavisebirinulefujifuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da6c54e0b4---tekoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o64co4cs6bb5sep3qk0c1quj5n/9024949159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luligang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1843653717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e59526ac07bb8ea3ca3e13dbfa70334a/96255357271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodgesmageefamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c9/c95619ca3ec29dd030dc8935b97378d4/File/lakekug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/pisakesokunizamala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/wilosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/362ddbbddd6e9ffe76fb955a75508468/xuwupiwaxonabizijoxasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/takazipopibexikupepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbizkorea.com/userData/board/file/17940217463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5454cc6067---mijibogogagupereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/86842926861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzhongkui.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/231807082471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb9e7d5783ff6ad1a8ce198e1944baba/1476910926.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_off0000c74f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC74F 16840 bytes
SHA-256: 34eb8ee644afa94f631390bdf3e131c24b1d47f41ae85f3d5eea13b562ddce09
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F4 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 128f7cbf17fdf5f03c0a806e19d966d0bd43f8446662065acc0e47c419923910
font_02_sfnt_off00010ae5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1