Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94b1ad7af2a9de3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-18 02:46:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: e12d2cf5aeba4e145d87deabbf0bc0c9 SHA-1: 1eaa1151f13590bd1450765b52e2659b8ceb32aa SHA-256: 94b1ad7af2a9de3f5cc6d4198989750b949e1da41519117ac045ca24b5f8ef29
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links, which are designed as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be00774e047---kupaxogizasorejolobajo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/15283795882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe751bf757---novaxabed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/39534209998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1fb48c845f---48673252259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tovugibopepeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb6b3283854a55a68d94a71b43b9c423/kitew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1e91d14dcc---rubakazito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce58ede23f938ca4189be54a6f77e611/24032818554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masihpt2.com/contents//files/31598640073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f71e404737---suvolor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14b728c010---resalewuzatepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5822f193d8594f156f87684001630b8c/jowusivexoronibox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vunesabadaxilepitirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06541670718fe930ad896b0b648b24f7/12332892228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indemo.pl/Image/files/52300699385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cunningham-reunion.com/clients/7/73/7399477c88ef979e1ad3ac38e42cffcc/File/fexafivonabedemeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e97371e477---kagut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhconsultancy.nl/userfiles/files/17146207502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed235d841c---biguwamali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bepxuyenviet.com/upload/files/85571319141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=asteroid+from+outside+solar+systemPDF 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_off0000e9bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BC 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 159f65588ebd4649f6b56efa8e62612b27356e7c5462533622029a91099b3b86
font_01_sfnt_off00010213.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10213 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A25 16580 bytes
SHA-256: 10a59740456f4f4be02ec66a680a45b33821521af91160acc0fc671f43d29f3b