Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93421c0b154160b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 05:00:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 017eb00c8ded94efe711afa9a17d54b7 SHA-1: 29fb97b1c7a93c4367d224a376c26cb1b6d66a32 SHA-256: 93421c0b154160b0b90f331c79a13d783e3dbf22ccabe59361ea92191783248d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=testing+ford+coil+on+plug+with+multimeter PDF link annotation
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/83445539013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087522301010---tanesifosuwelofebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnaixi.com/userfiles/file/20210621104512_2080524531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608120f62656e---vedunujok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tz5168.com/uploadfile/image/2021/05/19/file/20210519_131817_160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/up6uevo6s6pkj6vlsskg1f9l2s/10730833372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825a6f77d7f---futonejodojonogapoturiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/zafikidar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/93444929243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/070e12c81819f7d1eb8b35978a5e0bb2/daravanijitofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80a76f2640---zufafuvekugojazokutusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0491ea7df1---lokite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210629215417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/vevaparawudobexusibiwegor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/sewosirapupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5428a90b4ebf698d01b2728617e9d52/3724448179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48c156c9e6---36289515599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakuragiramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/mujojiponav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7e1087f56abf978868f04a7ce77273b/99910530804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3afc35a89cf5d99fff7a7fdb2bff3094/15913548698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/13027470037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/kitijak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/995242417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6da42ca31c6ba78b98cee1f6d99d48bb/70503053119.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_off0000ebea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010401.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10401 11056 bytes
SHA-256: bf43c5c1212cbc5b29040ce77377a82b91ec4ee541d57a86e325a3dc3ad3fd72
font_02_sfnt_off00011d69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D69 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 1e63e61614f8082018a9e774b40785b5fba1572ffaae360dc15b8dd459560535