Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94665258e7281881…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:21:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1035d92b87c52e8a51d23181a3ea5a8b SHA-1: 8172a836f1d85305f2dd7d50c300aee5a7d5a406 SHA-256: 94665258e72818815a29752a09b99e19e954f345e7d42227322bd7c0bb0e2f6a
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs point towards a common pattern of using compromised sites to serve second-stage malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851a61733ff---gewujeronebawegobese.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f10c33705a---52710357206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e420bbaf38---dafilefebofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89tas1ftjam5e2kmduttpof7rp/12421053697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8sm1kim8sm2p10c65l74noevn/85737111178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b632fbddbe---84672839650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0cd98b722---53030071330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/56158119518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce3cce9b69---pipozuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jjc40ncuncishi82v7dikj2n6o/3376070829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvbghf5c2ah705jbjlcf24cke7/13553424422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210511182215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/pezozoritupotan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/rowazewosamubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thllj5rh9h64keshtugaqns7o2/33819233189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a59c9e700b---torabofomemezudef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viermaalh.nl/Bottesteyn/Site/afbeeldingen/file/barelasabumogaguduxofijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/29402093995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b091cff96---bepokufobeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bb041cfaf004937342af840b1033932/wowibofubekereridav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3a6ec1a7f---luximakixoparofojafofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bd5ab4f3f---fuxekomaworudabezabiviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2c3cfe315e7abf0bd644bd93126aa86/lodevodafesifenerul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/14649412193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luberoff.com/userfiles/file/pomubujaguditikolena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be522f23e3---kasumimupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=tom+and+jerry+high+resolution+imagesPDF 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_off0000eca1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA1 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 13635bf345e0ce0f219843117402e43124f37dcdb6d989c634c7b26e5c0d8fc6
font_01_sfnt_off000105c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD6 17284 bytes
SHA-256: ed318894062a988cb052b267426d38f477560bee9a3898874654c9ac06b95785