Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e74ce2965c6f54d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:09:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6392ce9281aa4d750bbd96f50d259731 SHA-1: 30621753062170e522988279f3aca0bc061d80c0 SHA-256: e74ce2965c6f54d39005fe7b04d81c2871399764636b3d0dd92041bfa718b0fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document functions as a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/59621246138.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fbe7256e1---24968734387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd9de058333---mamonelovata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8fcfad1fc84ebfd1e0afad645c579ca/ditok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/37778956447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8b66a554ec4544a5094096408a873ab/65177042266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/85896904142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21d0029096---pefusezosenesozozogovaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/71155861725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1808c9d09---7190881552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44375786066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slaterlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53502814dfdecda9966f29cb8b43e503/timoxuvanarumuvoxenifedot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betonkeritesek.eu/Content/files/13301192961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611400d747c0e---pilepazaxotupazufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/wemijuwanosijinufapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c97151ce7---xuzezonujuvipikonasow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisutokalegivumeketigeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc42fe218da---9323578322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afeb22ba8a307c4c2600d4a4211bf655/2262432339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e43748afbe2---29660561739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/tumubadisevivixawamex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff17da959d---javoxujekabagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=suppositories+and+pessaries+pdfPDF 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_off0000d737.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD737 18700 bytes
SHA-256: d022a3111afd9a9063d49b467c99c1394f18735f2a3fdbaa1c5cf9aa3a44cee8
font_01_sfnt_off000107dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF3 10620 bytes
SHA-256: bb1a18fceef4e811028a4f4ee402ea43b08d3ca4276faf7d43246591951c54fc