Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94b742b656deb60a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-07-20 05:08:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 65d82c517befc49cda73239001f9c854 SHA-1: 240a025dca5023d0c3cb227cd223010ed3be6d06 SHA-256: 94b742b656deb60a60dcb721c86c569d35bbe6f5bef9151b3af51cece11c04c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9931

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30vid1ghkt6c74u32g61819ugo/40700205733.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74fcc1f234---79907096606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.com/contents//files/98765241773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/21985894987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a74475f442---30824445432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f9c67aa99---xevesab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32734d129599df5d7a728ae1580d5315/vabejoguvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb111bd004---zutaxelesumibim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/fadixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b851e38f45---wijimevoridokitupusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/71634006860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3413591ef193e8802c626b7ef216b177/pijamafasavibifumimevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e4bcf550bbd95083e30edf108ec2bb3/77973733908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/72041024807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78tqjktd9t6ph9jt4a91pfrrv7/72186031889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab10f7accb9---4112549172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/puzufelumawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e987e7aeb11ce243676d36f901fb9ced/5164056623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874e5e43897---34008382370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-4/20210504202447435820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2vlm2ov6890dhfkfqrhhlb3sm/meterupiledisonimor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tjvgjka1puvbni6sv50ts0i6di/rifutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=3ds+max+free+download+student+versionPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d6b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6B6 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 7b4c9167a8ad912469e0a00d1b82da321fe6bd865b77cb5771c73e99418e6df0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f01e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF01E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001082b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082B 1848 bytes
SHA-256: d91c5ac7a9bb48ee1aa722bca989abc8410e93e65b99158d907db3d05cce9cb7
font_03_sfnt_off000110d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D3 18220 bytes
SHA-256: 8a9d5126992b018dce5ccd1ca00f755ba0286a5a3ac6bb1e7145ed2543ae49d9