Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94bd4dffc8bfe03d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-31 00:20:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: fb5c135113394ae7600026ce64846ad3 SHA-1: dbe6ce256e1cefc70e8ffd1431d35e18b6fd81ad SHA-256: 94bd4dffc8bfe03d9ef713002913364e571b66243b7b5afaccfeee4847e60862
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://royalrep.com/userfiles/files/sufojolujikogimobu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thietbimaugiao.vn/Images_upload/files/pumemaxemebazonogosevekew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca0e2bde36c---fedopudufaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjtqe6b8erj18sjb295qcq2au7/56575442859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/13363329048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6454dde888---48462541704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arredamentoambienti.it/img/file/36474082452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021051800404683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68745800547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a326aa1cd469df85c9453b15326e9c1/bukuwuwatidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/pokewutax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents//files/julexidove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f20285a67e---buvavawotaxaletaxulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cac75b240b---lumaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hphs1958reunion.com/clients/47465/File/nizutibem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48298f30d84d28c7e3718621ec376f02/jamefotedaluzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/40890573170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/50595879074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/19001557218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bf88f86bdb51307ba0b72cff200af5e/20602113114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/84764710327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f04ecb18be3be415ebee5e4622e8b9ae/45601125839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/fibawije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=my+bosch+classixx+7+tumble+dryer+keeps+stoppingPDF 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_off0000ee70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE70 11552 bytes
SHA-256: 26b420871ba2814feac595995bc2cee1cd357a45ea2c8193a128e537679b46c2
font_01_sfnt_off00010956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10956 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12168 17520 bytes
SHA-256: d256084ab7021798b71973df687e1ebf7ce769285e08214b9079c8e89fbef6c6