Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94694933ca017edf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-07-16 15:25:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cef6bbc6acea88759535332f21d9835d SHA-1: 36b17293797688ffcf2058f19e2e596c28bebcf2 SHA-256: 94694933ca017edf47e5cac6aed8dd5d4854356c76bd5fbcd1b691805074de24
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites, including those hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mining+games+hacked PDF link annotation
    • http://sunrui-ti.com/d/files/togifirobuzamimopufidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/580161d0323ca046cc594b91579c6752/96685548353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d09ff871c1fda8d648d4cc91d3105b2f/13939406523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmnvu5dh898onbo8348dceqn3f/12283231378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fee9ae9e900d5b173752fc7c22df235/rujafuzijanokawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theclubburger.com/uploads/files/vufoviwikotogubufene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/dizevanogobowefumaline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/sarujamapulojuwije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/mumagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c88e2e2f35---43115332723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a88cfeb4619687c48fbaad498b89901e/gilir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b609c85582---9763591610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6d99dde48---37303909762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/85833000563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a79038b298ddfcc60b39962ac53311/97487665842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701c4b1b0cc---40370013704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9diqi4rj010taa397gob5s1hi2/wukowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacaune.hu/userfiles/file/givebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d52c85a68bca1cb4d9884f81824869d/sagejisufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/6217684711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f1c39e7dc6266bbd30d77612aca0dfe/pifebodotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c130372b2da1d87aa28a65de18bd44d/wuvapopumusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b294b06b0bd---zadugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/xijilazi.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_off0000fcea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCEA 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 4bb32e3abf8b5fecf6f915666334924890f0de62a2c45c3079fe0e8ed3894913
font_01_sfnt_off00011480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11480 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C92 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 28ef743bbd59f38475bf33cbb36de9900524b41758d0a1066f47af1eb941c812