Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94941269c90d5bac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-10-01 01:17:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 00b7c8e9ee8510c45e38c345e4baefd1 SHA-1: a360aaf695db8144e04cddf44e7bac2583556971 SHA-256: 94941269c90d5bacc555f1a8cf26dc7106b18dcdc056e9a840e3a0716d6fc8ce
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, being image-heavy with clickable links disguised as content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised domains and potentially disposable hosting. The presence of multiple embedded URLs, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload, strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stick+war+legacy+hacked+download PDF link annotation
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/pitirenavajafufofuxujib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fdbdc37879---lamovesevuvijuzugiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrarental.org/upload/file/35298530558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioesflores.pl/obrazy/file/56018095500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/36912834542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gerbangkuis.com/contents/files/tapulalexiwujovuvupaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteplacementagency.com/uploads/files/detasumajoxurugaromutoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e2bae37461d1217606ae98ae7d0d655/berelomagefuvudirabupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journalofcritique.com/ckdosyalari/upload/files/pesasemus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/regijulupapazuvulinejigiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5184952570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148dd0484d13---37755372917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edins.net/userData/ebizro_board/file/danatawuxosakapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullerton.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/jukokipetetuwomuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4qfi4b3ubhie1enj4dh2upp87/vezasufalerefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/novogaxexuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bufekoregidejatemal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satakantaresort.com/user_img/files/tonupopolifiris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614db4724eec9---64886424311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/gewotidujereburi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bb1b8b346ee05eb7d4ec6a9c4307a47/2095187310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153d73a8742a---lovij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajndoktor.cz/images/file/files/86950866244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemma.lucien-sv.info/uploads/files/613053be07d57.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_off0000b38a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB38A 13980 bytes
SHA-256: 3ca195c65127a9dca8dd23e43aa81458bd9ca2d74e8782c7387d882e8207249b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000edf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF5 10848 bytes
SHA-256: d55f222964b0237342bf22c8f04c7f2f584d021bb644f110a2be69efac57f777