Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94bc36ec811b5767…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-07-23 04:42:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9a3cbd4f0e37f9b8625a926783f151d5 SHA-1: 46031b62390fbbcca48e5f28980ff88e0ec7df6d SHA-256: 94bc36ec811b5767e555748231afa3602324ea7032d19f4232bbd6112d4cf882
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is an image-only PDF, a common technique for phishing lures where a visual element hides clickable links. Numerous external URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely serving as a phishing or redirection tool.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/viwulugadelutenevupeduzi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/redatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/58871373545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a8042fb0282088d667a7880e77a854c/bojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatang3t.com/upload/files/28292362009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/99889114232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc845edc51c---64180629595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/mukologi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6c44eeff4---putebavoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cd90c8cb9247fbeca1a0235357a2c79/binokafawitotosikiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be9ae96ec6b---2248593374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af7116f421bd4445da7400c22ce53ea9/47115705507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55cfcd1a99e89b16ee715f55d04184dd/benesadez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/520j507r33raphsifr2785rob1/gadinijofibetigatudilew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contrast.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50997101681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c37f9af4c4df5fa0529c7547c8a4f22/lugobiboguzodudivogut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/zegikekotitotag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/felalonenefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavibusiness.it/file/6911646081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4897edf703846cd6663bd7cbab6b4e73/goxuvuxogulawase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4bv8c2hp15et6j52dmqn8cir0/tozagiselofox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607982743230a---67605689911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+strength+of+the+magnetic+field+around+a+current+carrying+straight+conductorPDF 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_off0000b765.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB765 11100 bytes
SHA-256: c4d93fdb117961c0572190bf4bddc3fa152c30e656874d3ddc4dfda84e14b2e8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0F1 14132 bytes
SHA-256: 64e599fb8890cd0952de76887886a579d89ec7bd160efe6a7bf717b5536645a1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f402.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF402 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1