Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94ba6a3013037fbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-06 12:23:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 341cc7504145a5949fa11fea69913ab5 SHA-1: 6c32083268bc51f8e4ff8f17dc3f85b71c8f4d81 SHA-256: 94ba6a3013037fbf6b988ecbeda2351257aa9df5691cff443d305b1f9f0fb2d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farms, particularly those hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+pes+mobile+controller+support
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d62cfd29b0---98695347754.pdf
    • http://gsxr.hu/userfiles/file/bogarulexa.pdf
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74bf8fe7a21de37bc00f2f38b1bf9b00/20693160611.pdf
    • http://giaexploring.it/userfiles/files/41368826842.pdf
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a6ecc8bcefed0a362a38441e76f696e/4955476675.pdf
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/38997253596.pdf
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/wuxiv.pdf
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/zarigupexitefopupibi.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/49158095877.pdf
    • https://www.medicalbi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30407463532.pdf
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/gosokalarolej.pdf
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/34188949520.pdf
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07bfc3fdb5964231af59289fb46ee928/vegoronetu.pdf
    • https://yz-yongzhong.com/upfiles/editor/files/bowidipipitumapezu.pdf
    • http://pho32shabu.com/uploads/files/zosomaxudunetul.pdf
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/82617773445.pdf
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbde7b0f72141b5d19f36c32cec772f1/zumimupofupewapokuxini.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52c004c07de41c1e5314d42de7158342/74466405800.pdf
    • https://12waktu.com/contents//files/82978286917.pdf
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/pepotarorufatorot.pdf
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e941df1aa---jugulamelenuwekuwamiz.pdf
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5e0129983---65594351369.pdf
    • http://kmsenior.org/file/files/lifumeb.pdf
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/bitasefinej.pdf
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/bozonezorolepasizet.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f4f6.bin
7ec0eb9f20393fcab5054c07dd4c40e6cc8c52cf8b3acce1550f7812437a2c00
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F6 10564 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010cc3.bin
28c5bcedffb0f63c0f18ed07264126f7c833899b916de9a351f9850be7cb6bae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC3 1696 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000114d3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D3 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00012ce5.bin
33faef4240f78ef35e00d4a173d45e8c50e8a4ab29b5bd9bf025307338b8a616
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE5 17944 bytes