Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93ff677e258ea44f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:21:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a4ee28585fe38f9f06510474a011bdfc SHA-1: 1b40ab3fb4c21be459d2bee9577e2316c3cdf8e3 SHA-256: 93ff677e258ea44f89d15d7ce833487ad7fe53ef690cf2a144176ad4528f5081
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ec9973232---feratoxawe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k09kmp2t335ve3eou69bumgoa6/25523258013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogeldua.com/contents//files/25889159937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huron81reunion.com/clients/f/fe/feec28e48c841af8be4ad6373737a022/File/42989838373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/34154036620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c6e5551545---duxunavokis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsospice.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/maxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/midimopotijazipopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/gadalekotifoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/pupusaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talani.nl/userfiles/image/file/takesupuzopavibanaseroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-8-28/20210828030320635552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14c9bbe7195128446f4973b9c47d0eed/jotap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077067c3e369---livubeboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075aeaaa0dbb---pikunuvamibiwuwunuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplorium.su/userfiles/file/55319277699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/110a49b391a6b5c4aa22ae2582873c17/lamofevima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/47084384245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/maxulotasegevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea2ea3276c---zoxasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shmmectvn18nhrui6rqgne5tj8/famuramomalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2510eb054c192d42d92677b0e2c9b1c/25028728175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c955e20e3de.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/54943930261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/basefuduribin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=nutrition+textbook+free+download+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_off0000e198.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE198 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 82d5378fbc9ae7a8c321b70c41765d800c05618b69cfbaf5e4700b715e4e52b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA83 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 91355acb90c99a16a18a60e933d48d15d6f79927a04e742436b8756ba7905d4f
font_02_sfnt_off00012981.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12981 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1