Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 934961ae1001e865…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-08-29 01:19:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 69c48cb28a95e16887fd4b9e3b2b6cbc SHA-1: 3f11a6977ebdb99f985788de1464b7b2414149e4 SHA-256: 934961ae1001e865b90d45f05a36433920d7f30b226f5bcad1c1c1da199e35a5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, including WordPress installations, designed to host and distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://goodlife88.com/uploads/files/nosubobefazediwozoxupofa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/64394385709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/40107760161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lsv-wittlage.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98973718508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c687b6a32aa---pifudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semot.com/Store/userfiles/file/50897890259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cc0fdc28c5946fc5142d7ddc8d86fe4/jepowej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a7faf0c40---dodomekebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/62315033584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de3c3115a9215212efe1717682595d7b/wowipisuzekixedinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hqknqs4l1d57ji4bh0u95cvr0/17978867682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/68852323804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/81040788257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f79eb98626---nunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motty-etai-sharon.com/files/files/53874420962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7540sbfip7juhibcbi4qj5atlg/mudukajomasusuxumudiwenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/231449491972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guitarenko.fr/img/files/48126415436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/82153002638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tlo.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekadiramifinanuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://physio-praxismitte.de/userfiles/zimofowoxakesexivuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/192kv7i3opuo647mm0rj8m59u9/45740441488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jujiviwobokozibusoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v55edsar6vtgiql76ccjhj5hh1/72345579871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=posttest+only+control+group+design+pdfPDF 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_off0000d53e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD53E 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 9be37a3a969e8927fb45f94e241759a67828aae37feea9a96cfa9628e13f3653
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE48 17696 bytes
SHA-256: b5317e9e8e4cd8e49a19994453a5ef62ed0359697292202d7d63da96cbe5c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1