Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94ccfe3645a8731d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 16:57:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c5a3e709c397654e1d81d47ba1d6c7e9 SHA-1: cca5d5453c2426568e59a04add80572005636910 SHA-256: 94ccfe3645a8731d90f2870b9bf3de4fcf9106094619236f6f764239de2aee1a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a deliberate effort to create a link farm for distributing other files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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
  • 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://kungfuclasshongkong.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/konakodofipogu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb333a1f84---51371675126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://identik.hu/editor_up/33829763658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146d7fbbad8c---taxewomizuxamizasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gifarlcm.com/upfiles/editor/files/70563555183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/wamasibaponafofoxupum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://les-dvorik.ru/userfiles/file/suwadevifigasaremup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hortherbpublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/36839631039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-de-la-ferme.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soburunuvizubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeec62cdecd9c0abcd0b802896b16dfd/wigasotevefevuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03oi696080um2o9eh8ri20vot9/82431017668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areopag-group.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/4184370418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--z92bzy85x.com/userData/board/file/vinozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stormester.no/files/file/saloberufekajozafovejuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.artikel238.nl/emmwebbit/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89679840509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161308beb1ecef---wogetapejexogukabilimela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-newsletter.com/ckupload/files/39446095169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/guloxiwuvidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuzutalowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc335cc14e---kuxoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panegovernance.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/file/61972487577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/95151402849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/putifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb5c3c500b77fda813a6db5fd6ebada8/vojupatalitulexolefazoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=airplane+game+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000cf5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e770.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE770 18044 bytes
SHA-256: c1949178f7fb0cdf1cc9afbddf750b07c7ae5fd05d73ac15c8450072e242b31a
font_02_sfnt_off0001159c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1159C 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 260b98c943e90dc282ab394154dbf6ad37015e70d13847ae59bb4b192825ecab