Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93bda3bd2f7c9587…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:48:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 12ba99244d16b7645ebc8e35165ef21b SHA-1: 2be6238292128ea286f63d955be012e9b39235ed SHA-256: 93bda3bd2f7c9587f5d08588f563da39ac5287153a72136e1707f8cb7d6aedcb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and the nature of the URLs suggest it is designed to lead users to phishing or malware distribution sites, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/56638354860.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45a4ec7093c61d032faff0d68d1bcb94/95575555595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/14764608444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16jg4c3les0320f5apop2209sm/44106733495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afb371edde---2978439376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/gimavidesuzoxofupav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/59279250906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2d243f80f42bd56436d21d5165b537e/68820518707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qib7d3v2kav2sib4riig3gi00c/53184818798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bbe6937228f4d6b85d939059db0114c/julozejegomodipesare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/5070136400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709b8ce6961---33079492445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cff1e14f260---wuzenafuruvanaxirinik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/32072213167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/47387069643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ea812a2d94a876d24642c587b624a62/22149922982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/jikeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ef6e82f4c---vejejutetiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbf6c89e49ada9643eedc8fc93da4c70/tobapope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7139a30be3e45890ef6de74902bbf2b/gexubuwabageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownfallschurch.com/uploads/files/83585861257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+view+instagram+private+account+photos+without+following+themPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fd65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD65 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 78518c75bfc9054eb4ed4765815330173195800726d7569f7521c9d8e2d62760
font_01_sfnt_off0001175d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1175D 16416 bytes
SHA-256: a8d1e34bf444334761db8dd673e30599a677bf9ec537d4b136fd145dfe542046
font_02_sfnt_off00012dc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DC9 17148 bytes
SHA-256: a9d0210880483d02a35be9eb6173ae45ddb1b69772ea23b14b8a16ed8c9ae11b
font_03_sfnt_off00015abf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15ABF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1