Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94e4691d19c6ed7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:59:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cdbda1779e96ae5b7c8c9d3e5699af52 SHA-1: c1707e10499502c79d22cb4c8202406b4edbfbc8 SHA-256: 94e4691d19c6ed7de7b70e1b2b6dd957ace6c77f547574b95a6b49b4ade8247c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=21st+century+literacy+skills+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34955261732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetamblj.si/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogifikotura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locnuocvietmy.com/Images_upload/files/vedinil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608141d89736b---terikeluxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/71019806518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/7194542233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/pasijakobotupanavuguvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9e36f52f38b3ece3986f213e113d53e/53055515032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ff5ceaaf17---97640288741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/85482604856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easypayindia.in/userfiles/file/lafobaxifese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j05on5ot7vbbi2aim61lf8ho96/94868524366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotronics.vn/userfiles/file/33317756924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1984wnhs.com/clients/2/25/250e0aaa51dad033202e6c34d8602b4d/File/jorululibelavefogulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/jakesopoxiwopalig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/31474688768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvs5couegdunvar57he28aimm1/569557607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/51366176783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/wiwavoxuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/59793015793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210616011739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eviinstall.com/userfiles/files/76262221943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ei-hotel.com/free_images/files/jejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31bbeab0e56e91efdfefda4527563d79/69519057813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/49089152047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lb3t5o5rtrnj35jk1qk3n7ufe0/fadanavudikejexawin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/fuvuxunurin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f8a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A0 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 443954e81b418dbc1ed16b67bf2a133e4f9f3838b1049ad4cf1bd4d3cee6c533
font_01_sfnt_off00011201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11201 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A13 18268 bytes
SHA-256: 05838fc17d431324649e47fea45eb12bc0d2c1bb73196b7e77cb3df248225f19