Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94c4e52a210bd81a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:52:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 04f85305d65e1e33d7d9fc70fa7d1d8d SHA-1: 7e9bb0e0aef8a2f3fb119367c23ade94fcca74bf SHA-256: 94c4e52a210bd81aae195956d67c66301de213fb66d4bde51028c16a7dc8dcc2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, which could be used to further exploit the user or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/vebufekefimewumupagez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qk4iutfa1a0trobropbm8s6ch7/43088699579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ed845af202d1055592e11e271cd20f7/pokepesozorovunufibigulux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienarbeit3plus.ch/userfiles/files/fodabijapokukapifunozomas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16bddd8fc3---64212542554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icoachyou.biz/images/ckeditor/files/marevikere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/ledugaxalirala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/12922182801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/gagunofetozibosaladepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graveyards-fuj.ae/userfiles/files/77003702814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071535dcc5b9---pinomotaxebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/76630617079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5b08ae8236628ee9370d052eaa70934/zojudutopabupobadunow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608434e9ab14c---87084068528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/46509572605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2591ac9a9317e379fd5ef24ef331cca/42832714383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/51899508907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubensova16.cz/files/file/wufuvozarujosefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/93737263517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/596c21bfbd92a3b623c955f32cfc6856/76582721600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbcehyodmtf1czh.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/82915185932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/silozumalixofonawosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48181455556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/86907135195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c4b18846087bb5641ace204a79b8284/sanodizotekunolegirekono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=carbon+and+its+compounds+class+10+extra+questions+with+answersPDF 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_off0000eb91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A8 11560 bytes
SHA-256: 3761b45b79d4fb637f0d1b527d4139828fb797644c89eb4bf7fab8d7ad33dc6e
font_02_sfnt_off00011e91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E91 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 4d8264debdba135dcd6f8beae12fd39ba192cfca937d5a93a33a4b4d33964f4f