Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f74869097f128486…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-08-11 22:16:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 47d60d1dae75db34d6a3773895ee7197 SHA-1: ce8d6e046775bf308c1755ba1a2928dac0874fca SHA-256: f74869097f12848656de5336b3e7bd878a10af16f8db75a181c64ec2cc255483
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to lure users to external malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+average+return+on+mutual+funds+in+canada PDF link annotation
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad617a7cc9---fadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1j5039qou6he6lg5l7fg4j1v8/73256807215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/durajomasoratavozigiluger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905f4c676ad---sunamada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/56248870392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/zopedowobatirugamupoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i98fsbpnf2gtg7kqudgj6130q8/97400156768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derma-dts.de/files/file/toxixibizamugidete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sc0tjsjlq1c551kdk689q7oc4/bidegajubuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b53cc9d39f---mamikukipesubedakiwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibextrail.com/editor-images/32110018235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuahuyhoang.com/media/ftp/file/sabotirigowonosopimasude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7c4a81ae3864702da076a4ea718b990/41090963419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/xokujulawukuvudiwume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af5861656ccfd6dbde93c85df3567473/19212609049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlafilm.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/vefokedowiwadimamizetafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2040659ed6---lekobixepizopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hte0n2crq9v15ikn4fvbl941tm/95030294242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iul89ho7v6qas1en6fmobd6t17/92579088803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/62922747602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivaflo-south.in/userfiles/files/zejisedeleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085219185d47---79646729424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/juboligamapaduxosusuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e950eafc5---19216214372.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_off0000e5cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5CB 16656 bytes
SHA-256: ae216e128e6e59d92485cc0ae92c6466850d9670bc169fc7299bcac4db3ecffa
font_01_sfnt_off00011161.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11161 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 655c6a757bee7bce77f53ad5cc9820c0179c7e4652b501f64e13bd933d66b163
font_02_sfnt_off00012adc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ADC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1