Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93d80478c47a4816…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-06-23 13:25:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: d20c490582eb7e493a4df2783b2cd4e1 SHA-1: c7f05d899292d589c8a5746f4292f5d59c0848b2 SHA-256: 93d80478c47a481691f24b97aaaad2ffc5fbca55670797cd0b8ef8fab7f91663
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains metadata suggesting it was generated by wkhtmltopdf, a tool sometimes used to create malicious PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609227fe6e006---60946418620.pdf
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/rofokunewusafonu.pdf
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/nawazituduwenefan.pdf
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776d4beb3d5---67235678326.pdf
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kadisetiterilasubobiwapi.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a9ce2358a---boxolajorevetafamubipofo.pdf
    • http://balogmihaly.hu/UserFiles/file/gugiji.pdf
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/pibapogit.pdf
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/5049862583.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a553f4ecee---texalotagivabigofo.pdf
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cff0a6d7cc1---32314544504.pdf
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a817305afe7---71294843707.pdf
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/masanilezowojarariva.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d9174d0fb---larimiwuvenanuko.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=affidavit+of+undertaking+regarding+incontestability+of+declared+birth+date+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f096.bin
d5e545b17bd5c7439e71cff85e5430651deae8f4a1215374ee603a0f2edb00e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF096 5772 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010446.bin
5f01151cd5d886a3aced8e671dd7e250fb42950096846909880383e691bea1ab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10446 11156 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a68.bin
541fa2b6826b0add99b7d5a173ef1e6a5567607b5192f75b810eb17d6a563501
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A68 16204 bytes