Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93461f829ab054a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 14:26:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b6c8e3cde4eb429f89dfc1f3a226f7f6 SHA-1: 844d5b0085c242b6cee8c37ed324f91f48355f50 SHA-256: 93461f829ab054a47453442a6c12e85e813607965dc7b075d29a1f3c06764e64
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These sites likely host further malicious content or phishing lures, aiming to trick users into downloading additional payloads or revealing sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f2ae45543---sigojipuwixidi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6o6hs9vequsdlr2b720tvmhbq3/69704771598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608430029db81---43705284506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9mo16ts9r8akt1anjfmtjv8jt/25148067736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c17f508031260b8089bce0608b30d4aa/18564802150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab882ec717b---fokuvesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3844f3dba45fd1cb59f1f92080b2cfa/xolupalejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eberli-medical-supply.ch/upload/file/97277079225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gu2q0kc6kubqbvhkngdajiim04/darimiwakodavopiwulosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f03e62b0ef---98168762771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1p8g82hcvkdi8l22ok5b66upbn/zironaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724ca673f23---40852063835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbfdce1ea5c---94763141428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7033e178e4f400bbf4da79fa623cdc92/3770845683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e07496fa949ede8b9e8ea3e1e943a78f/kogopijud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/2790531575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/20285940691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e6d497300---68699301160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/posebiruziketogotij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/ganegegaloboxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytairtool.com/test/userfiles/file/20210705_6f5df.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f87c1e752---xijefudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/popizexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ut120gfri1orjbucsnik4j8id4/99109659513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/gejavanamelaxoxasagivusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=call+of+duty+android+cheatsPDF 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_off0000eb02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB02 10820 bytes
SHA-256: d5f3a9d68a4db2c255ce9dc62f4edfe8493dd539f75b774142a6ca58a4b95543
font_01_sfnt_off000103f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F8 28568 bytes
SHA-256: 35faa70222d2c3d3c1f69d6f2a343a3751a7b2d29954ef6ce2fc8b25c3a4ef80
font_02_sfnt_off00013cf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1