Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94974922895ceef6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-10-05 17:08:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: c27213b018c900b5a6ca0b41d3a049e4 SHA-1: 4310f2ddd0f33f5f4a3538e3d4411468d80b0153 SHA-256: 94974922895ceef607761687bfe2c845e804a991a2e76a32ea1e58288fb62cfb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=read+crown+of+midnight+online+free PDF link annotation
    • http://eska-lift.ru/userfiles/file/5787312043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zd-zeta.com/uploads/files/202109261903511851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents/files/talesepike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/8544977849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615983beb624f---60031579687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tl5hrif622b5jvdlul3giuet5q/36400829853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615bd930c3f26---rijafonobojameginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29853881603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peetersinstallatietechniek.nl/upload/files/dodiwarizuxovudegomuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///8987959082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-10-5/20211005105549127597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fd680cb34a1583082c8796ed0104257/kibazijejerezuzamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20211002_52E215C7FD3900F9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinyoungvalve.com/userData/board/file/88071325687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelstore.ru/upload/files/buvufofojovugidovajeviki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://style4.allwebeasy.com/userfiles/files/nesoferuzunoxuveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopinto.it/userfiles/files/detobuxakosapikajama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xprchemical.com/upload/files/10481788718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138385bb3d10---wofipujuzasuramojixevugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortworthdental.net/cmsCart/upload/file/wubumerejazifuwosebimorak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toananhmedical.com/uploads/files/23518204314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/vitewuboramopobuwisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d23b14e4aaed3554c6e0dbd3f101522/womowalalabiradu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sage-chem.com/image/files/20210913_155156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7seapharmtech.com/Uploadfiles/files/28779294280.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_off0000cc27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC27 10888 bytes
SHA-256: a4453a7c4de831239fca54df19cf90004b278b72571e31128f6d2bb87b2c998f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E8 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 51a957e85b1331a480f82a097d00e2c91c5f49701cb0cea20a2fa978ab228739
font_02_sfnt_off000111d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1