Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94d851f882dd3ee5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-07-15 17:14:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3de1d84298da2dabbb4d601b4841a3be SHA-1: 589e4d7af45f5960b26ae12ad0eb2f678c955ee1 SHA-256: 94d851f882dd3ee5ccb9b7860acfe6bf41802c97b2ecddc39d87b34a4460218c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links points towards an attempt to leverage these sites for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090456401089---wexefonabixajuvu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90a5e86e3ba94f38f877a289095ad49d/xidipusumakenajelokijitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac4b7f3a2a---88443124791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a7b438fecc5595437851a0a5bd8ae74/85679067635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cadfa5c2997ed4de8e95713dfabcf586/zafowalezedori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ab6c22521ec8d8da15ac7176bae5b6/zazelupajudalajadatepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ps6p018a24m2i75o5rp55aqqk5/pedogodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockfordauburn1966.com/clients/8/85/8549db0cc7d1f63cce07d3be93bd6f3d/File/66663746086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://distriparkbotlek.nl/userfiles/files/72323546201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3679319deb7f7d8dfb511b54ede465b/rorosotidapasexodivizozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087123252b26---bamegigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/95296118775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad436e199d---82996838218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e0ee2d56ef5a310150215e9797c0ca3/pawuluxopuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9af1adbead---zopurukuvulixekefironuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6c43af6793fd34d1a277fe503f2dd45/63776532113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/av550jtrb8475ibfel08b2k0v4/nolor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/wiromabumeropiwokuvarosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d972899b20---kekubujatomeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/zijogikiwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886eb57850a---remagosirafin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1853ad4cf---92362118800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=couples+not+living+togetherPDF 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_off00010aa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 429129614e2fd881b8cde01c26e555eed96b29b2239c9843e7ab7e12e9f4db85
font_01_sfnt_off0001364e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1364E 10568 bytes
SHA-256: b70f27d8d9360c73ec7ad3ad86a29e8c72927541083def30ca2b911c3d66679e
font_02_sfnt_off00014e69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1