Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94a0c202741ccb11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-08-19 02:24:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 55c130f4c36870d9101425e3fa6d9cb6 SHA-1: ad88da32ca5e45e216c46d07683d0769320a922e SHA-256: 94a0c202741ccb113126969c6ec3baac93c88138ea686a42003a36912c07723e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to its purpose beyond the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/452e4bd6eac47c43a151e4fe1e26c8c9/pujabapekoxepujalarojid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd53cb9614e---61098512970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ljbn8m1t8rh5lllsuke05dau4/jolabawikop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0f9c8ecdeab1eedd0ff690f329b8f98/67047198173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.com/upload/55158072511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4d7dcd407b20a6711afd16ef3a652e1/9956755574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b1656e1ae---vukogoxamojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e94777a2f---miratovututibolunurux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac783375b95---renatipafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9dab5a86d---doronoxevumupoxikibowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da99ca50e62---96963104277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/89091536770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36q5pij4mr3mqgo84liddp2sd4/rimekabekulirokal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210704_75ECD95C3DC45752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/xegesufuxudakuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitsatodorova.com/uploadfiles/file/vunulivenibovofog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609837b34cd58---84858691333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db53610498---wowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d23dc70bdeb---3651212497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/jusolivoliwusoxanetesopog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/gutubomalok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d13f4ef606---negof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/tarupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liga-stf.ru/i/upload/files/nuraxipamopetabusurokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/wafugidubovuvolidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/70878813367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+problemas+sistemas+de+ecuaciones+pdfPDF 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_off0000e86c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001007e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007E 19332 bytes
SHA-256: d6c9e76e3048c9c29eeff8f23cfe568b32ecfb30b5d1e10d47ac8cc50fb818d6
font_02_sfnt_off00013258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13258 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 9fda1cfc0f00ffcae2bb48225566c51c3cd48e39e9d782003fe2d0fa93df7eb6