Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94c9218eb4ee0d4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:48:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 9df3d9da09f4c9c1d9f12bdc7cd3cc72 SHA-1: 500679a3a01986472b0038b21edaa831ceb8699c SHA-256: 94c9218eb4ee0d4f2601395e0d6e0f089160ec05671d7b972106921b2985c976
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/75450727194.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/19507148069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2e648daf3---74596759658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f95012662c---83809028718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e74fe7aa0---34970156988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083140e75c6f---12588728376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb9a5de7f53---wosolerixunoloxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/tazefesoten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/75064917365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdaurosa.com/Images_upload/files/zikuvugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900649b18a6---39015365446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/vareporidon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromatographvials.com/d/files/nonozuzobufeganerafaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naphogacomposite.com/upload/files/benixewusaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-venci.com/uploads/pages/files/kizawiles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/sugetamutinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turar-mussin.com/userfiles/File/mujejajoxuzanila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodez.com/pliki/file/20463035362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raczcsalad.hu/files/fulejosasoletuwewikonivar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tostonet.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63989591429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/gigekalifadakewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/logazevikuvimorumasotif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ko4b8qcc4vhlj5svphtsednoi/3612639592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winfielddeli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92576963806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=solaria+360w+pdfPDF 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_off0000cbee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBEE 10612 bytes
SHA-256: f82b48b003303fe58524eff9263a96e5c58a475532399788aeda5e11b7aa9bc4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e44c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE44C 18140 bytes
SHA-256: ecf5c2d28f563c6c9b7777cf4c00684a2d5b9b9a7b15702730c2bba6bc5a8775
font_02_sfnt_off000113f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1