Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e74ae7dee3e75bc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-16 11:31:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cec6c647bbe0b50718eedf2bd097f76e SHA-1: eeb5082629ea6ff1dda0f79a0d2171d1139a07d8 SHA-256: e74ae7dee3e75bc22fbfb25a919a3faf38ecee80c681fb60c934cc8d7f8b53f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://cn-biyoute.com/d/files/senakotopunurerutigolu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnvoupn6tpd06ogb6v7g932sn9/zakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tp-pos.com/uploads/image/files/70646893775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/gobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4p4vnciisvebcdog5m99ulk5e/79830868495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac9a5bc38a---164100671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/75387363011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shippingengineering.com/files/ckeditorothers/sikixaledigofusijevexaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/nadanekuwivofejexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baae25811104d629cb9cfd01046d75db/vilurimujudido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadharshilaschool.org/userfiles/file/noponinuviwojaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/64124090643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/wuzozidozopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/fesusiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944fb254b00---rerapinapibixusutizumefav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pahsclassof2005.com/clients/d/d6/d61c4c031b0f3af13d3e88110ef3a3e1/File/linedosojorexogirinemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c817b1e21---dinipiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb7e760731a71a55c1ba9911688f6771/9760815000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/35044937259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097cf87630d1---73612465734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd91b335588---wefolegetineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9827c0c14e7ddb7c1e967ad3a40ff21e/vafaxulomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-13/20210713231443144797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b83bec351---pakorejobivukimeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+money+fast+in+gta+5+story+modePDF 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_off0000f251.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF251 17452 bytes
SHA-256: a4e3706434469ef5ee800a09cd1fc821b4a86a3d507105f2eb80b716c12a201d
font_01_sfnt_off00012008.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12008 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001381f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1381F 10976 bytes
SHA-256: fe345e76abf47c2173a6e64d100494976475fb2d41874a2731aad57daf4aaca1