Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 941f94a23e2b647d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-08-08 23:18:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 34adbc9317b4bb226a031bce360c2541 SHA-1: 93a1bed51af739e68b9770331a8e3b9a62d3cc64 SHA-256: 941f94a23e2b647d06595232d03a299ec4e0849abafe13d0be09800e9e28862c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, strongly suggest a link farm designed to distribute phishing lures or malware. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nd+bhatt+engineering+drawing+book+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/49374337831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe93d39646---57407493521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/wawajoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16cd687c27efa16596d9f8f098819999/87460524470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4d4554948---domilefegopewijadivuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb8ad09c446---vepopixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/26018231491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25e8b5cbf155d445cbad610b9202d343/93616491788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/vabomafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886ed167cb8---rojidafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34262080413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/44474274813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/latotigovogitifufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dostavkaturov.ru/files/file/24367881339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66012228797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0nln8g0vmh5trtt7a6kl6lm8n/32982855065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a20d19f835ff94c52e6e577ebf353cda/labuworupanogojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.com/user-/files/wuforazixakukumodukokapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ad426dae05665047766b7ca33bb260/89470699008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/698300e38f13d4a40b14780f44e08e3c/xegositowosuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvdol8ch676g3p5vpt06doefsh/bofakuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/dadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iraneto.com/basefile/iranetocom/files/46424210347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a322bb0853---69602568412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb91217b254---59487388449.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_off000107cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011fe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE4 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 579c8782829668e6edc1fc4cb6598eae17feed64885b970a4c4a062b47e304e9
font_02_sfnt_off000138b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138B5 18524 bytes
SHA-256: b20b5cac3dac90ebb6357f0211f4436250ab2af254a106b8c29e68fad091ad31