Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94034e269c77e40f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 10:26:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8639f8f963a94643f0ff53e3ed7369c6 SHA-1: 9781b5d34757700b0919df2c13dcd776894f5bb3 SHA-256: 94034e269c77e40fd905923d047f4d36e6f795074675726f652031dc170e67b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting it is designed to lead users to malicious content. The `utm_term` parameter in some URLs indicates a potential phishing or SEO manipulation tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=computer+mcq+with+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://roycraft.ca/userfiles/file/gedoxafufebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2237be96aa3929caa96ea3ce4a64130/28939831401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/kagurevotosarodolalusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b1d803493---82293684054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfonsoguiggiarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/repuxutomaxezezowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7dae34b5b---21043512771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/452dba234ed761a8bdcaf67b7bb7d5bd/99184280804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f5a27b414---zuverawofojaxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfda57d7589---rebegemidogabezof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b29e1985a---98431379541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/rodaledeverenum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9400a7f0c---jitul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888f22bdeaa---72319648648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/kupiloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/67929448168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/gotofuvekofuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/616d6bd33596d4ef58e89f0d4ab38108/71605345484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/luwuguwuzemuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktca7unji6kvdl7b88gvj4768f/87047062534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45e5961d4e---zufurisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609649e8113a0---ritedoxojunirolasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d24e2464178---93818888362.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_off0000f4b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B0 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 49df68fc825bc1f8a1d9a03e7d4304366d8106fe74322f84e7d4d3991821931d
font_01_sfnt_off00010ea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B3 16916 bytes
SHA-256: dd8628abcf49c1076b44e76102e75f5b46f2a93b2cd6dcd9e221ae0d1bfe9d6e