Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94a3e6d8031986e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:54:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: ab7c1a099396daaad128aa0798950db4 SHA-1: 8c2bb9d3d222aa955c4f61f1c613fb7a58983165 SHA-256: 94a3e6d8031986e21e4b75250caaa90199a49992f7af7fc32b266e9a2e621342
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f43515c92e5---bisufenajuloge.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r116fmnv45f6fkc2aspgn6c7tk/67355452880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/buvedemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratco-hardware.com/Ups/files/64183562467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/12600205820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hataylezzeti.com/resimler/files/pabimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f6a2cc47ea9e66f0f44c28baa8ec92/roderapatimiluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelushba.com/userfiles/file/74704971307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/jenomijalofojilek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/kizitatigigeganirefax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4f37dcc7d---jezasisuzunesadadovawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210628031731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaghhaztbcd1agjgbccsgfftf.xn--p1ai/pict/file/25309464650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gapoom.com/upload/fckeditor/file/7999699010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c930b7b6ef26e1290cb2a89ba9ec72d/45644410061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755dbbea114---19410655046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609298062dcbc---29646915839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinghui.co/upload/ckimg/files/202108081812274697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdfcefb2c9f4998b2a96481afa918173/fedotetogezabomolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/63574773043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/pepumitugasuwokagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fb0a8be29---7195931316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/fowakafoxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/51479917261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=lei+9099%2F95+pdf+comentadaPDF 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_off00011f80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F80 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 79d0594f44c2bf591f28dd78cb677f795251591200b9066e23e79f7fa80117b3
font_01_sfnt_off000138b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138B5 19992 bytes
SHA-256: 18a0dc4545eaf13af6b2355314ac51ae7238678b272e37553eef0f3d5f357335
font_02_sfnt_off00016cd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16CD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1