Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 093dd45dfea3b9a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-15 21:38:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1c40cdd263db8ae29f8ab82ba73d9ba0 SHA-1: bbe68eb952c07c30e6750ab62987b6b48fa26545 SHA-256: 093dd45dfea3b9a570e89d158d3097c55003e05002b2ac7e671422bcd7d6d92b
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 websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210617_D8915EE68BBA7ACE.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/wimasatuzifegobifame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siembra.me/uploads/files/48327479638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d25f914f5---88426065295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc927e4ee4---rumedalumapifukedewapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/90830602546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/33454071430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a986a940bc7---70586138308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2ba925435---tajotuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5755ccc2cd3e4f3b16eb73b6b4a2dbaa/wabepupazifezuzibodorolek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/399a6cab48a3f3806633d1bf5f2b7128/13819262669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/zurivumus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91eabb093a3ac445bb99bb7a31cb2523/depurivitesinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f05719d3729937c7cce308f9253bf706/78629044080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873f029b269---92868994391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32b25bbe22---fuvibeligab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19db1d54568e2514aaf5193689acd811/2258067389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdffb26dece---5568916173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dcd1b11ea---62158883962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb9e3c5535d---bolejuwivifiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/xogufumepekaduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitefamilyreunion2020.org/clients/4/4c/4c64578d40ee165aaf486c9a1ef3309b/File/73669774247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/14197279389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+amazing+spider+man+2+pc+game+for+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_off0000f434.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF434 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 067234c7e97c704b8e5c5e0d7b6c93a41dc06f01716a8e39d31a60f7a4c5a89a
font_01_sfnt_off00010d9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9A 17328 bytes
SHA-256: 10e8fd3bc015ed31397f3de4dd11b83a475f3079fee46f84a73ddbababc23f53
font_02_sfnt_off00013aec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1