Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4cd74b7564f0df2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:45:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a48f0b070a4b16bd915650bee5170737 SHA-1: 268558875d41a06632cf1433ea6c0fc66be8bc4f SHA-256: f4cd74b7564f0df2955d3ec0a28ee49a9137d784429c62aa9a2ffd5ab3a25b78
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The PDF's structure and numerous links suggest a link farm designed for SEO poisoning or to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cebb6edd35---wazuvuzaxurumupi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c2b925ee14360b7f84abce160f7c541/58790585807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42dfb9ec10---jonuduwizenobep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limobebe.com/userfiles/files/gatudawujefebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juditphotography.com/picture/userfiles/file/93389039543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8v9h32qh0j0lj8r67vmc5c6eu1/16046839875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/huo9t5np6chdmomg8tcvt02t9c/56533721092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/46810637035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a5b917a24---41784808789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dg7pm1dnb7j1u12r78kp5ipvsb/90143807679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1bj2igcrq8vqpgdmt8qcj9g6q/gulanafunudurigonobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/rokododakunupukifinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/98558004882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/buxopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/xodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da6531593896f35de5a6a51fe72912ea/dokedorogapebatovekab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/kuvodijefojikuxibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parzenica-bialka.pl/userfiles/files/70824585698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/6498549407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rallyteamwalraven.nl/file/71202572645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a2768ad8b---75281605883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/mokaxifufidewawowivezeben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonekarusa.com/contents//files/korebasokarowajakikevetoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69c97b70f4047c09d30060597dcc3f1f/kitapotonumawidiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=pictureka+card+game+instructions+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_off0000ce44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE656 16488 bytes
SHA-256: fa5bf444ea857108f89d8c38087b8b48c6028bb058a526ed8b26d471545ed1ad
font_02_sfnt_off000110a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A4 11108 bytes
SHA-256: c329c0e8357dddd0ac936c450ef27d047535349a57ab15674b08d89ba6d9a868