Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94dd52d7bb6405af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:27:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 702a0e714acfe79715e690515f16ea82 SHA-1: 36d47d78ba2e0b81db585ed90c36f32344df11fc SHA-256: 94dd52d7bb6405af7280fd39459318ec5f462ca77684abb6b9cbfd34d395b9c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic point towards an attempt to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/wobenogubobisinifelizonol.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0rufu3kc4t1bdths560pkstm0/latonisozanunadojaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd9a7a0d17---52572303104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d10k0nml3cub2nsri5ik2be4/20827891602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b5ac12c04---14195324024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/95356057654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49805b98bddf770da67129408f9f1472/lidajasonafizasuwedaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dorfadvertising.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6910557780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609317cd6b7e4---fowufarosupusokogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b49e0545bf---94193954645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7a691b3d13---fozokasato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8581bd9688f6c00ee123d9c2de3ef06d/jereligutinobarepokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsluxe.com/clients/1/17/174397649ed9f07baa8f9d9f48c72a4d/File/39145494873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://therealmccoyfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f9/f9ea119420dddc0cc5ac7622830b9f68/File/70822257414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/jizofum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodonionfestival.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65358717511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c4b3980dd---vibenegaropasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6be8d88026---lubopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c920e9e7a0---77581655138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosystech.com/pdsFck/file/49241499496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/kotaweban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fe339b16417f787603d59b6e0ec8865/38585055045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2bc3c03c24ab9635de50c6502c14058/lulubevaxibemolonavupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=young+thug+halftime+mp3+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_off0000cfdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFDF 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 323398002bb703fff100f1be9ed7af43b8c9dcda40aaf2f12b1915c4683c8879
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC8D 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 817c03dde5104d68e5f3dfcfb0fbf7f783bd3751f15e8f1b6464c0344b385666
font_02_sfnt_off000115d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1