Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94931bb45a34307e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 12:47:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6f7776a69dc6a42b079b563f36188940 SHA-1: f9f2525437eefb37bf1f2c86c3bf817e0cabc585 SHA-256: 94931bb45a34307ef72bd91e42843f08b8a6cd2d53bfaa8a8d9334a3943033ca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL heuristics are sufficient to infer the attack pattern.

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 http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/73010041981.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adae251b863---rusuvorivarirubix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be5f0e37b69---582663491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/47976893660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meechoktoolmart.com/user_img/files/nuguvudujudisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdccdb3d0eabd5399174175d311b7dab/94613100537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///18315925368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cae5c4065ca51df506363352812ae10/jobafibatigiworok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8eb5561708---3825615271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/19236329444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/68003860860a60acf28089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/buxoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/waverijexilelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c23b720029a---pufidogosolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caydinhlang.net/userfiles/image/file/90637672983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mt-creativestudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipagokifeletugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90547786dd1e17f757015e4be9e0074a/womilafefujazuzurinuvalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b05ae8a1c---93627005001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/givosuwofivudivisexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/14873503641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759224a0b61---47933420675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/dasizovanelilobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=past+of+grow+upPDF 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_off0000e1db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9ED 16604 bytes
SHA-256: 62b635f4682c1d4fc1356eb05265682d10b0fcd9ac497fd96ed5ff6780aff53a
font_02_sfnt_off000124a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A8 10344 bytes
SHA-256: afd0ffcd8ab6e9ad7f0e7f1c0935d0fae2ef0bcd8df3d83d3cb2969d1877ead2