Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94524648f64b42c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:41:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 967d9d511c01a3453bf54c2e1813b474 SHA-1: 89aea5ec790ea63da955e1b79a4ffad819c1e2a7 SHA-256: 94524648f64b42c6fb837e17807958aa44310b73d13fd12bdd35c0cd8606bc9d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links points to a potential download or redirection mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+does+tlc+work
    • http://hk-dcc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rn5u7d61l8ea96ivhu226fh17g/gexupa.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606db353889a1---15995494585.pdf
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/11423098928.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b8936c443---zejirubimiriwigotatajik.pdf
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/zalegire.pdf
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/wujoxofefiloluki.pdf
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/86092531414.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0c37951c7---soxenovo.pdf
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66ca71bbedb4d5d32e59e3a87e008edb/monuxururem.pdf
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/11130833632.pdf
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/4116850094.pdf
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hng7fn3an3h0jdoum17djsp8k3/wadotawasagazilajob.pdf
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5h22f7li2b53cjotmv6bk9hnh/82294113413.pdf
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/duvagug.pdf
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/93613069127.pdf
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktl3i7cc2ed1lu5nsh2n5mc8l3/jewur.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a6e9d2d8e---zakigeve.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073545309140---86383348156.pdf
    • https://evboosters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c535c1b02a4d7d41b3906bf586866a1f/85727577833.pdf
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd01335f924---88763091404.pdf
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/88641131285.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bb3590155---37368185342.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95nrkmcbk250pmt9cgi0a4rgf4/37953916689.pdf
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43627747129.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://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_off0000f0d6.bin
e811dff69d0923f0c505969d9f3c9b5454294b9fa3b513aae1fc3439fe5858f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D6 10172 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107c7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011fd9.bin
674a06d2978e1b2389d67aa7ef4da5df36cd723f7fcc20f169d4add2e6a4fd8c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD9 16980 bytes