Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94934030e36288a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 04:36:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 83e915aa5b3cb08b2102cf6ba94b9179 SHA-1: d66ae92742a497133a2bf53288043a90d96928fe SHA-256: 94934030e36288a8a1dd112905e6959db43dbea4a1ee7d5b7a6f07b5a7f9fc95
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The file structure and heuristic firings suggest it's designed to obscure its true purpose by acting as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d6b60717b---65516371733.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://librojuridico.com/aym_images/files/10657303870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e87ifnie4abc59qffso3c3shck/65995343736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8f02e7757f882af6531d99d221952c3/23090024487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757afa15d3d---38477312021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/075abe55bebacdb75e1988bb36e3dda2/warasup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a7ad68226---25373296498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/dogopudukobig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/dujirawujovajodikogodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/47013564837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ad426dae05665047766b7ca33bb260/89470699008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjhnjsppcgaji1jdcn5oteh381/tamiwopogivexuviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac648be8af5---nepigidutesuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a4b825a54---41962757172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8fd6865fd---motavulakixopogetokibidow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jghm945in5jsvruom97tsfbjt/jijenavuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qookgggh5vsoere2ki4k1co170/negopas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/dulumosawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c12b547fd1d---dujore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78e3a2d98f---mugasaguxoseli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/wutuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82737880e4413d5b7ec2828c27a67ad5/61336272835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a391d97a20bff887e50069b777fb2cbc/pofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/3572250478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=1+hectare+in+square+metresPDF 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_off0000e789.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE789 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 3f554a983379e83055abd99006dd45a50980746120d0a958e50f0f9e47eb7d1b
font_01_sfnt_off000114b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114B0 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 717702ef89d495daea3aca7ab48616f3de1d3664543f05bb7101daeee100ce52
font_02_sfnt_off00012c82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C82 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1