Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94a1bd87c95dfcb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 04:43:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cd53c31b6325c59bd3a5b9bd64de9a4d SHA-1: 347cec0f4e12065f9052b4c235cddc18ca4fad6d SHA-256: 94a1bd87c95dfcb2f48139fea4aa5f6cd5783707c4df7025f10ab071d11adeda
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised WordPress sites. The presence of numerous links, including one with a 'treated with caution' UTM parameter, suggests an attempt to obscure the true destination and potentially distribute phishing content or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=treated+with+caution
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a322ed7a8---64825801698.pdf
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39bfc8653c39acc2a2354992727cffc6/kefubexeroboxovozapani.pdf
    • https://info-jimukyoku.jp/lot/upload/files/tawomivizi.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4db2a9789b---63370028414.pdf
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///sikibokusonepado.pdf
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/67975066104.pdf
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609452e86988a---wagizilamip.pdf
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd59847336---vewokibifo.pdf
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eeb7c73c45f59453cf2303ea8992eeb/4414682451.pdf
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a7bda0a67---figaliregur.pdf
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e415e9c137---nopemevez.pdf
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bfcc8398d3d9d0a361d71400092dabd/42339251365.pdf
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80286dcf06---12840734991.pdf
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949c56cf8c4---50505236739.pdf
    • http://guoyangmoju.com/userfiles/files/33498019265.pdf
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbja0590ukvdtsnf3lketbvu36/27302995656.pdf
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/sojibazipapuxukevipifuj.pdf
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/popofuzosimafivivometij.pdf
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6490053034.pdf
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/9919082724.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b0e3bad5e---mevezafoxebopos.pdf
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607823cc69aec---mobapaven.pdf
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/bosobuzude.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9497436cdf---bidinigepobo.pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881ce8bcb19---zabadozep.pdf
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/618d514001d5bb393ce71a905cb9fad0/mopebo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f143.bin
6f144c9808d65de3fbcae5e5d5eeaee65cb2bc3f91835a1c397c7c6c8152c8ab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF143 18224 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011fb9.bin
9e5af65fcfa5a9b9d51688f195981309ec6c0483038dd19a89bc3d85d4620fde
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FB9 10400 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013747.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13747 16792 bytes