Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 934a7cd36c9518d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-13 12:01:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4afb4867c8a99cc08e43a66019b82cca SHA-1: 6b62af5f1529733052d3e35a52e62c7fc8d3806c SHA-256: 934a7cd36c9518d4cdb2092316287fc46241f2f86c7bd578b9b2fa2870898ce0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=walled+in+full+movie PDF link annotation
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5673d235926b41f1f497de15a742bb34/baboja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b6hpq01fhhs2hhr6a01eov9d3/nikurawaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/pigavogawirom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86385150625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20558747c1521409e76757be1beb8b13/tosepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6dc1b41f62---linoxiwoxopujoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9v71fsnt19nh77leugk7610pa/13513416674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebestpearsonfamily.com/clients/e/e6/e6a49a9b6fa3fb0349b1957bd02e8b5b/File/73682090212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ba875d8b7---jobitugizexifove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/zosenulupozazikisub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/62058131618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pe917pol61rvt9a5k8atdp14g0/53474735724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/751d2eb647b9a0dfa246fded837d582f/49962656391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7be0b4e76800d2c6683b39f77ecfe716/38604125700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5bc8ab7367---36497331602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6sftalbuqd5oh0c3lv0gbtd53/guzadoviperutegapizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed24e202b6---kojesiroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/64124772711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feg.vn/uploads/files/13771122064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83628b64acf62cc2ebbcdd5b7c0bfdda/judawesomulexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe5a9bd6fc---muzerutusitagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077dd6946aee---2108453553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nnd2ibc015btduj8r6paku7582/paxorur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0m2l4mjevacbra796bceisiu4a/75025951390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/muxijawemasilonobala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e504aed2a3af9e1469c2f5350f599ed6/65113987293.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_off00010479.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10479 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 858cdfc139d009124737faa142fd13ffeb8058479dca8f5e982632d9b651579b
font_01_sfnt_off00011b9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9A 16476 bytes
SHA-256: 53e403bc7856498031d86c2953ad0416448b8fc2806afe56f595a2c07673149e
font_02_sfnt_off0001468a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1468A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1