Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e74bb7b357bcba68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-22 16:04:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cc0f39e012bd251697320302cae0428c SHA-1: f5a6d8ba02e160affd3517e8d797ece4a3e2f3c8 SHA-256: e74bb7b357bcba684dcdfd32f45c51b175fa8f3b963c418fdd8eab478c99814d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The presence of multiple external URIs, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature, indicating it likely serves as a lure to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd6e692b37---xowigaxibop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/896c15d853b15cd61454c1d5bb9e8620/wijipopusuvonilorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.eemedia/contents/file/gigulijumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/zafovusagojakose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makeswebsites.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/suvikirilega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/48006248097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/502qvdeq36cfv4g0q05dsgooc7/vopavez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e4d9967e5---kebirofilavelebume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdop6ntrtfp50e2uglllodpf2u/kolezixurewapovaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/87778157546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de388699cd3---kuriwufajevilorelutokeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e592d53eee---vijonozusejaxekubev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gialtour.it/themes/userfiles//files/59203262548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamcc.com/UserFiles/files/39607963947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthanggroup.com/webroot/img/files/78902478073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/036cbaf905dadfb308af6bc14f63bc1b/taxavudosuratifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/58130971307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a305beb0dae---porawadidegavugufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c59d87521212a0ca45377c09389cbac7/faxebalubanem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhanloc.net/userfiles/file/kidafisifodijobidaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medipharmacompany.com/userfiles/files/9417732066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.horakgolf.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depuredaxunugajidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/87004720331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegedelunion.com/clients/76066/File/xifetojegitovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfac70357fd648256be355ea3b9dc9c3/romulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/41993943022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+retrieve+messages+in+messenger+androidPDF 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_off0000fae1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000112f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F3 17112 bytes
SHA-256: e9cf0946c32b7d73ea73c0afcd48465b116c0d84cc45685261c4d1b6eb1a3270
font_02_sfnt_off00013f74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F74 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 1307958460d238d006567a46ec72b7f18332e66dbb8690fcc7ef4f1b6cacb3a5