Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f74a368b6113179d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:32:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 198169d84a411eed8eaf6fc1ee275786 SHA-1: 0cfe93d42274613cc467a15e247f491a0a837e2d SHA-256: f74a368b6113179da43dd37159219c0548fa017a36a6a37dad1ce72fdbab653e
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The 'Fake CAPTCHA' heuristic indicates the document's primary purpose is to deceive the user into interacting with these links. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious actions or the download of further payloads upon user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fake+credit+card+for+shopping PDF link annotation
    • http://www.beautyvogue.ch/Files/file/36110316989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/51857065351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f622defba3f776fb1baba5aeac809b88/15873103778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316c658e5b7---77817297393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/agqk2g0sd8r430sn2v1s8vg5g0/98956529449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baltyk.recykling-rejs.pl/imgturysta/files/26268027301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54553088385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owop.challengersports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumoruwazegopajapugalum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42cfa4ewb0a0b3fwh.com/imageupload/files/tugatowexikijaruwumomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boki.hu/editor_up/nuwemawemipitenibubiwimad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomelieagency.com/userfiles/files/rabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsstore.mx/ckeditor/ckfinder/archivossubidos/files/54323629707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c146d373a---vofixijuzilipuvadisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-instar.com/userfiles/file/63123835384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bliznacite.com/files/97947023097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsiha.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobuvovepezixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahuaheng.cn/userfiles/file/29980261346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etepi.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujukurokisuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/ruwowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c678d3333357b755c3eab53166ea9006/dedumifebijusubefapugowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banquat.com/userfiles/files/gidebajazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sudiraxuxupofogakivawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/53157901775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.cn/UploadFile/file/F1202109041226127899.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_off0000cbf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBF2 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 77c83766f8062cd93c7fb27f35b1527f6e139960cd008c423c23932b3f186136
font_01_sfnt_off0000e503.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE503 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD15 16464 bytes
SHA-256: 5fba96308a437252fe3f2a8b471094cfbbcaa3aef4377f9af32b853ad3f5697b