Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94ac726dfbdaecdb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:17:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 54202967e82d0c96468fcec53052718b SHA-1: f746aff8faf0598c75b0929119221cbba257d4b9 SHA-256: 94ac726dfbdaecdba2aa75bc81b19ced3b47497c733dee2413255d5e6b8ba9fa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The primary purpose seems to be SEO manipulation or hosting malicious content, rather than direct execution of a payload within the PDF itself.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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 http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosifanisusagi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e5b192b0006c0ab8ca6df851ccb6a43/napijoburusevafenetupopiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.net/userfiles/file/46645060903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2e85262b4---nuzurafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/485ae4e06df71a7a9999ea36ea1c11a3/pemag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/18464074455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/1694383768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37384596538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/menasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettorebelfioreliutaio.it/userfiles/files/gonolugateva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v596i456f205e408lt55d0fvsl/muzixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cafd976d19---60564254714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cf01e5bc0---metufuxumavube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/250900160aab4ddbd44d560ca7dfac39/vuzibexozaxagofekegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/wegowomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50bu29k3asu9v4rqbd48egjm4b/mawaxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favisuvulimepugakasopuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4ue0bqnhu3utu0e38j9t21kq5/xuvopevemezolagevunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/642a52d299e46eca2a1e6aa452207638/kejefaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9daf0398802bd95b5684a7eea2ad6cd1/vupogesodoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents//files/71564858894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964c86bd22e---tibosijofufemubabupajujof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/87441681220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/43443684299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/xotabuwoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105191512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=city+of+madison+recycling+centerPDF 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_off0000bd5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD5D 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 1ca3ec1ecdea30dbee680b2a4851327c13160f403c03746d189c0982df9c1c26
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEBC 15940 bytes
SHA-256: b3db61227106c8ab75347494f05133303c5c38f7bee50b24a0b96945ec2be894